different between illuvial vs alluvial

English

Adjective

illuvial (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or formed by illuviation

French

Adjective

illuvial (feminine singular illuviale, masculine plural illuviaux, feminine plural illuviales)

1. illuvial

Further reading

• “illuvial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin alluvius (“alluvial”), from alluvi? (“an overflowing, inundation”), from allu? (“wash against”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??lu?.vi.?l/

Adjective

alluvial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
   • 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35.

     Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.

Synonyms

• fluvial

Derived terms

• alluvial fan
• alluvially
• alluvial plain

Translations

Noun

alluvial (plural alluvials)

1. A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
2. Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

Usage notes

• The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.

Related terms

• alluvium

Translations

See also

• deltaic

French

Adjective

alluvial (feminine singular alluviale, masculine plural alluviaux, feminine plural alluviales)

1. alluvial

Further reading

• “alluvial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Adjective

alluvial (not comparable)

1. alluvial

Declension