Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or composed of colluvies; consisting of alluvium in part and also containing angular fragments of the original rocks: contrasted with alluvial and diluvial.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
colluvium
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Examples
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Swamp forests in colluvial creeks are dominated by Guttiferae.
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At lower elevations, soils are formed mainly in colluvial and alluvial sediments.
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In the canyons, bunchgrasses, Wyoming big sagebrush, and cheatgrass grow on rocky, colluvial soil.
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Rocky colluvial soils cover eroded slopes and deeper soils occur on benches.
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Moisture retaining loess and ash soils support Douglas-fir, larch, and grand fir on relatively level benches and Douglas-fir in unstable colluvial soils on steep canyon slopes.
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Stony colluvial soils retain little moisture and support bunch grasses and arid land shrubs.
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The broad Western Ouachita Valleys are etched into Mississippian Stanley Shale and veneered with terrace, alluvial, and colluvial deposits.
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Lowlands south of and below the Phanom Dongrak scarp are composed of quaternary colluvial deposits of rocks, sandy gravels and clays.
whichbe commented on the word colluvial
Pertaining to a mass of filth.
May 16, 2008