alluvial soil

/əˌluviəl sɔɪl/
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Other forms: alluvial soils

Definitions of alluvial soil
  1. noun
    a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
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    type of:
    dirt, soil
    the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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