Sentences with alluvium
al·lu·vi·um
A a - Many vineyards are located on valley bottoms underlain by alluvium which can provide deep, free-draining soils of variable grain size.
- Some of these low-lying areas, with waterlogged deposits blanketed by alluvium, have provided good evidence for Roman farming.
- The upper region of the Camargue, blessed with rich alluvium soil, has been cultivated since the Middle Ages.
- In the east, which is lower and flatter, river gravels and alluvium from the North Sea have produced dark, rich soils.
- But about 25% of the ground has sandy alluvium soil that allows the water to seep into the ground-water basin.
- On busy thoroughfares in Hancock Park, on shaded retreats on the steep alluvium of the San Gabriels in Altadena.