fluvent

A kind of alluvial soil where development is prevented by repeated deposition of sediment in periodic floods.

Noun

  1. A kind of alluvial soil where development is prevented by repeated deposition of sediment in periodic floods.

Origin

Syllabic abbreviation of fluvial entisol.

Forms

fluvents

Derived

fluventic udifluvent xerofluvent

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