Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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delta | Yes | No | No | No |
alluvion | Yes | No | No | No |
delta (noun) | alluvion (noun) |
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the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
an object shaped like an equilateral triangle | gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |