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colluvium (s) (noun), colluviums; colluvia (pl)
Any of various kinds of sediment deposited by rainwash, removal of fine-grained surface material by sheets of flowing water, or slow continuous downslope activities, usually at the base of a cliff or slope: Hubert and the other geographers studied the colluvia in the mountains in an effort to understand the results of weather, wind, gravity, flowing water, etc. on the build-up of soils in the geological areas.
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