How to pronounce alluvial

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What alluvial means

adjective

Made of sand and mud left behind by flowing water

In a sentence: The farm sits on rich alluvial soil beside the river, so the corn grows tall.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin alluvio, a flood or overflowing, from alluere, to wash against.

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