| 单词 | alluvial deposit |
| 例句 | Whereas the unpredictable flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in southern Mesopotamia commonly brought destruction along with fresh alluvial deposits, the Nile’s summer flooding, predictable as clockwork, brought only welcome deposits of rich sediment. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Imbrications are useful for analyzing paleocurrents, or currents found in the geologic past, especially in alluvial deposits. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z And if you haven’t yet exhausted little feet, two playgrounds can keep entertaining, including the wholly unique, 40,000-foot Ice Age Flood Playground, which features an alluvial deposit fossil dig, among other ancient-drama-themed play structures. Family road trip: Spokane is a summer jewel | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Indian diamonds were never mined but found in alluvial deposits of dry river beds. Koh-i-Noor: Six myths about a priceless diamond - BBC News 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z There are also super helpful glossaries for you to consult the next time your wino pal mentions “alluvial deposits” or “manzanilla,” or for when you can’t remember the difference between Malbec and Tempranillo. 13 iPad Apps to Make You a Way Better Cook 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z A shrub, rooting extensively in alluvial deposits and forming dense clumps. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It was a very rich but a limited field, and, though other neighbouring patches were opened out and worked, the alluvial deposits were soon exhausted. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The soil in the Lower Ninth is extraordinarily fertile, thanks to centuries of alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River, which forms the neighborhood’s southern boundary. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z We can probably get simple materials for working the alluvial deposits there, but the machinery for crushing the ore must be got from Europe, and that'll take time. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z They present the novelty of working alluvial deposits under cover of solid rocks, and they thus conform to one of the early definitions of a mine, as previously given. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z St. Petersburg is, as all the world knows, built on a swamp, or low-lying alluvial deposits, at the mouth of the Neva. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; lowÐlying ground; a dale; a valley. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The soil is composed of red ferruginous kankar, with a stratum of clay in the more elevated parts, covered by a thin layer of vegetable mould, or by recent alluvial deposits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Essentially the entire coastal plain, with the exception of the coastal dunes, consists of rich alluvial deposits. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z The structure of igneous rocks, also, is exactly that which would be produced from alluvial deposits subjected during these cyclical movements to the enormous pressure and consequent heating caused by superimposed material. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The plain is formed by alluvial deposits, covered with rich pasture, and capable of supporting races of large sheep, as the Leicesters. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z The width of the entrance to the gulf of Lepanto is subject to singular changes, which are ascribed to the formation of alluvial deposits by certain marine currents, and their removal again by others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And it is often found in beds of loose gravel, alluvial deposits, as they are termed. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z It is fringed by alluvial deposits and lagoons, which are for the most part of very modern formation, for as late as the 4th or 5th centuries Aquileia was a great seaport. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Extraction of Gold by Washing.—In the early days of gold-washing in California and Australia, when rich alluvial deposits were common at the surface, the most simple appliances sufficed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Brash, brash, n. broken and angular fragments of rock which occasionally form the basement bed of alluvial deposits: fragments of crushed ice: clippings of hedges or trees.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The alluvial deposits of the Loire made it in the first place, and the sea, back310ing in from the north, made a strait which just barely separates it to-day from the mainland. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z In the alluvial deposits, the beds of old rivers, the gold is quite loose. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z Recent.—The alluvial deposits of most river valleys and some estuaries still in course of formation, containing fossil shells and mammals, all of living species. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z The gold occurs in alluvial deposits designated as gulch-, bar-, beach-, tundra- and bench-placers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The Rh�ne is already dammed up, and tapped, and tortured, until all its rich alluvial deposits are lost to the soil of Provence. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z A portion of its southern end, shut off by alluvial deposits brought down from the Sierra Nevada, is occupied by the shallow alkaline waters of Tulare Lake. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The gold in the alluvial deposits, too, is now thought to have come there in solution in water, and not by the erosion and washing down of rocks higher up the original river. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z After all, he said, it was only a pocket; a small alluvial deposit. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The land itself, an alluvial deposit, is very fruitful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z In the valleys, of which there are many, there are tracts of wonderfully rich and, largely of alluvial deposits, that give paying returns. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z No remains of man or his works have been found in drift, nor indeed till we rise almost to the top of the alluvial deposit. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z More recent alluvial deposits are found in the valley at Walthamstow and Tilbury, in which the remains of the beaver have been discovered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z On the table-land the best soil is found on the sheltered hill-side, of a rich brown colour, and along the river bank where there is a loamy alluvial deposit. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The diamond, which consists of pure carbon, is generally met with in alluvial deposits, but sometimes, also, in a curious flexible sandstone, called itacolumite. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The ancients believed that the whole of this alluvial deposit had been gained from the sea. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The joint action of the ocean and the glaciers on the land ground down into sand, clay, and loam, the coarser drift, and sorted it in the form of beaches, terraces, and alluvial deposits. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z To-day, owing to the building up of the foreshore, and the alluvial deposits washed down by the river Argens, the town is perhaps a mile from the open sea. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Gold is found in the alluvial deposits, but the results of exploration have not been very promising. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" This backwater, where it meets and checks the current of the Arkansas, occasions the precipitation of enormous alluvial deposits, and vast quantities of snags. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It would also account for the vast amount of alluvial deposit, most of it being worn-out rocks. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z No human remains have been found below those alluvial deposits which are now forming by rivers, lakes, and the ocean. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The rivers which it receives, particularly the Po, its principal feeder, have produced, and are still producing, great geological changes in its basin by their alluvial deposits. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The alluvial deposits of the Brahmaputra and of its tributary streams may be considered as the third general division of lands in Assam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" New Zealand in proportion is nearly as rich in gold deposits as is Australia, and the precious metal is found under very nearly the same conditions; that is, in quartz reefs and in alluvial deposits. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands In the basin of Lake Tchad is a vast plain, formed of alluvial deposits. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The climate is moist but temperate and healthy, and the soil of the valleys, often consisting of rich alluvial deposits, is very fertile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Owing to alluvial deposits the sea is now 17 miles distant. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The Assam valley is covered by the alluvial deposits of the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" We were told that a true reef had never been exhausted, or worked out in Australia, though alluvial deposits often cease to yield in a few months. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands In the lands which border the Nile they are covered with the alluvial deposit which the river brings down in its course. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Gold has been found in alluvial deposits on the banks of some of the rivers of the east coast, but here again the quantity available is still in serious doubt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Next, the long and narrow valley of the Nerbudda from Jubbulpore to Hoshangabad is formed of deep alluvial deposits of extreme richness and excellently suited to the growth of wheat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" A group, whether of alluvial deposits, sedimentary strata, or igneous rocks, referred to a common origin or period. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The fresh waters' encroaching left their alluvial deposits further and further toward the setting sun in the same manner as the white settlers dispossessed the noble red warrior and primeval possessor of the Western hemisphere. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Recently, gold, both in alluvial deposits and in the reefs of quartz, has been discovered. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It sinks lowest where the estuary of the Humber gathers in its main tributaries, and the greater part of the surface is covered with recent alluvial deposits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" This day’s journey brought the travellers to a long, straight, narrow valley, which was converted through alluvial deposits and vegetable mould of centuries into a quagmire of extraordinary profundity. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Houses and works of art in alluvial deposits.—A very ancient subterranean town, apparently of Hindoo origin, was discovered in India in 1833, in digging the Doab canal. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The rich alluvial deposits of the Nile which respond so readily to the efforts of the cultivator ensured the wealth of the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" This, by means of alluvial deposits, has broadened into quite an extensive neck of land between the two harbors. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Compressed air in bottomless caissons has been increasingly employed in recent years for carrying down the subaqueous foundations of river quay walls, through alluvial deposits, to a solid stratum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" It is quite clear that the occurrence of the diamond in the S. African pipes is quite different from the occurrences in alluvial deposits which have been described above. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The gold being harder than rock, it remained and made alluvial deposits of a very early age. The Boy With the U.S. Miners At Memphis the alluvial deposits are over 50 ft. thick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" New alluvial deposits tend to be gravelly, without humus, and require many years before sufficient vegetation to make them fertile can be established. Area Handbook for Albania It possesses vast beds of coal of Tertiary age; and these, no less than the great extent of alluvial deposits in its valleys, indicate great changes of level in recent geological times. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Origin of the Diamond in Nature.—It appears from the foregoing account that at most localities the diamond is found in alluvial deposits probably far from the place where it originated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" It was, probably, at times, obtained from recent alluvial deposits of the bayous—the sediment of overflows—as was the potter's clay of the Nile. Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436 The district through which he had to pass was a widespread alluvial deposit of the Danube, like those found in the lower reaches of the river. Timar's Two Worlds This statement is subject to fewer and fewer exceptions from one decade to another, according as the alluvial deposits in the various gold-producing countries become more or less completely worked out. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast There were no rich veins of gold; there was a certain alluvial deposit, which for a time, a few months, might yield five ounces to the ton. Daddy's Girl These have been for the most part discoveries in alluvial deposits of the goldfields, and the stones were small. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" For more than a year Rosendo had panned the isolated alluvial deposit, and on his regular monthly returns to Simití he and the priest had sent from thirty to ninety pesos gold to Wenceslas. Carmen Ariza He could not quite make out how he had missed the signs of alluvial deposit. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Once it is done, and the only hard rock barrier that holds the water up removed, the river will scour its own way through the alluvial deposits. Thurston of Orchard Valley They began to bore through the alluvial deposit in several directions, and Ogilvie and Rycroft spent their entire time in directing these operations. Daddy's Girl In North America a few small stones have been found in alluvial deposits, mostly auriferous, in Georgia, N. and S. Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Wisconsin, California, Oregon and Indiana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Coming now to the alluvial deposits, we find them extending over the great plains on the eastern coast of the island, the littorale mentioned in an early chapter of this work. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The discrepancy is caused by the continual encroachments upon the sea made by the alluvial deposits from the two great rivers. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 There are cases where alluvial deposits rest upon the diluvium, and from the depth of these it has been attempted to calculate the time that has elapsed since the former of these actions was resumed. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The gold-diggings of New South Wales have proved to be very rich in some sections; but unlike those of Queensland and Victoria, the precious metal is here found mostly in alluvial deposits. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Tin in this form is most difficult of solution from ground agencies, as witness the great alluvial deposits, often of considerable geologic age. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration The alluvial deposit is also greater, and the trees grow considerably faster. Seasoning of Wood A name for rich low land formed by alluvial deposits: but in a general sense it denotes the lowest part of a thing, in contradistinction to the top or uppermost part. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Now, Mentone and Diano Marina are for the most part built on clay or alluvial deposits, and Monte Carlo on a foundation of limestone. A Study of Recent Earthquakes The soil of Holland, from the neighbourhood of the Zuider Zee, which is an alluvial deposit from the waters of the Rhine, and produces large crops, gave the results which follow— Surface. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry The valuation of alluvial deposits, iron, coal, and other mines is each a special science to itself and cannot be adequately discussed in common with the type of deposits mentioned above. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Traces of it are also usually to be found in alluvial deposits and in the soils of most mountain-folds. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges A certain amount of alluvial deposit has been brought down by the rivers and streams, in the immediate vicinity of which are to be found marshy pools and swamps. 1914 “As undoubtedly you know,” continued Mr. Sprudell, tapping his glasses judicially upon the edge of the sluice-box, “the richest gold in all alluvial deposits—” “What is an alluvial deposit?” inquired Abe Cone, eagerly. The Man from the Bitter Roots It is impossible that the alluvial deposits of Faith which have created this musical certainty are false. En Route Now come another series of sparkling streams, flowing through the alluvial deposits carried down from the mountains, and so on to Casa No. 69. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta The alluvial deposit from primeval lakes contributed to fatten the soil of other parts of the prairies. The Frontier in American History The river, during its course so far, is characterized by the same clay-mud bank, evidently an alluvial deposit, without one rock to be seen. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The richest gold in all alluvial deposits is found upon bed-rock. The Man from the Bitter Roots They have been attributed to Frangipani, Thomas of Celano, St. Bernard and a crowd of others, and they have remained anonymous, simply formed by the sad alluvial deposits of the age. En Route As the gold is found in quartz rock, and only to a small extent in gravel or other alluvial deposits, the mining requires capital, and will be carried on by companies. Impressions of South Africa Probably the large basins which I had crossed on my way from Kuti, and even the last one, facing our camp, were after all reservoirs formed by ancient moraines with alluvial deposits. In the Forbidden Land The soil most conducive to it is a deep, rich, light sand, or alluvial deposit, free from stones or other obstructions; as, the longer, thicker, and straighter the roots are, the more they are valued. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The geological formation, however, does not point the probability of the existence of great alluvial deposits, and the placers take the form of river bars principally. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The alluvial deposits made by the Euphrates yearly have already demonstrated that Babylon lay much nearer at one time to the Persian Gulf than it does at present. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Comparatively little is found in alluvial deposits, which in California and Australia and the Ural mountains have often been more important than the quartz-reefs. Impressions of South Africa The deposits of this river have made Holland what she is; and the rich plains of the Low Countries have been formed by the alluvial deposits of this noble river. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The valley is situated to the south of the river, and is formed of deep alluvial deposits of extreme richness, excellently suited to the growth of wheat. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) In the Nile valley in Egypt nine towns, in one location, have been unearthed, each town in a different strata of alluvial deposit. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep The shifting currents of all rivers flowing through alluvial deposits bury such things in a single season of high water. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Where the metal is found in alluvial deposits, the deposits usually vary much in the percentage of gold to the ton of soil which they yield, and they are usually exhausted in a few years. Impressions of South Africa Companies were formed and concessions were obtained, but nothing was done, although several square miles of magnificent alluvial deposit sixteen feet in depth were to be had for the asking. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the Delta of the Nile. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses Platinum occurs in nature in alluvial deposits associated with gold and some rare metals, generally in fine metallic grains, and, occasionally, in nuggets. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. As the alluvial deposit is laid down, a good deal of vegetable matter was built into it. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Some observers have believed that they detected unmistakable indications of alluvial deposits on lunar plains, and of the existence of beaches on the shores of the "seas." Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries The south portion is covered with deep alluvial deposits, which in some places are more than 100 feet in depth. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention There can be no rivers, brooks or streams to wash down beds of alluvial deposit from the mountains to the valleys. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Every great plain is the alluvial deposit of a great river, ultimately derived from a great mountain chain. Science in Arcady Further, that where deposits are formed, they have more or less the form of alluvial deposits. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The soil of the foothills and valleys Is composed chiefly of shot clays and alluvial deposits, making good farming, stock-raising and fruit-growing lands. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 Gold was discovered in Russia in 1743, near Nertschinsk, alluvial deposits having been observed in that year in the Ural mountains. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 Frona knew it well, creeping and crawling and twisting itself among the rocks of the shallow alluvial deposit, unlike its arboreal prototype, rarely lifting its head more than a foot from the earth. A Daughter of the Snows They exist in large masses in the northern hemisphere, deeply embedded in the alluvial deposits of the tertiary period. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 As an instance of the tendency of alluvial deposits to entomb such monuments of former ages, I must mention the temple of Segeste, which stands on a gentle slope among the hills of northern Sicily. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Its agricultural lands are not surpassed in fertility by any, and include not only the alluvial deposits in its river bottoms, but great areas of shot clay and other soils splendidly adapted to fruit culture. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 The intervening basins are filled with a rich alluvial deposit washed down from the hills or left by the receding sea. Somerset The soil through which this well was sunk was a light alluvial deposit, based on sand six feet below the surface. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea Turtles, pout, lily roots as big as small trees, and two hundred loads of "alluvial deposit" are no longer "in it," while carp are promised me by my friend Commissioner Blackford. Adopting an Abandoned Farm The period of time at which these operations were carried on in this place must have been very remote, as the present banks have been since entirely formed by alluvial deposits. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America This stream caused so much alluvial deposit that the sea receded from Richborough in early Saxon times, and part of the population removed to Sandwich. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Its course has been diverted into a thousand channels, and so fertilising are its waters that the rich alluvial deposits which they bear render the use of manure unnecessary. Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" He was too busy with the alluvial deposits on his person. The Clicking of Cuthbert Besides this, there was much easier reading concerning alluvial deposits. The Claim Jumpers Few soils come amiss to the Tulip Tree, it thriving well in that of very opposite descriptions—loam, almost pure gravel, and alluvial deposit. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs It is worn and dissolved by water to a degree that indicates long inhumation, and it is covered by an alluvial deposit of three feet or more in depth. The American Goliah The soil is uniformly sandy and of too recent formation to be much enriched by decomposition or alluvial deposits. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia The province of Buenos Ayres is one great featureless, treeless, dead-flat plain, and being all an alluvial deposit, it contains neither a pebble in the soil nor a single spring of water. Here, There and Everywhere Such old alluvial deposits now capping the cliffs of Kent seem to have been the river-beds of tributaries of the Thames before the sea encroached to its present position and widened its estuary. The Antiquity of Man It prefers a rich, strong soil or alluvial deposit. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Gold-mining at Santo Domingo is confined almost entirely to auriferous quartz lodes, no alluvial deposits having been found that will pay for working. The Naturalist in Nicaragua It varies but little in quality, there being no alluvial deposits, owing to the flat character of the eastern portion of the island. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia It is certainly possible that in such a region deep alluvial deposits may have formed since the visits of the French in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Their soil is composed of the very richest alluvial deposit, and has produced some of the finest crops of wheat in the province. Expedition into Central Australia To vary the metaphor, the whole area of tradition has finally been uniformly covered with an alluvial deposit by which the configuration of the surface has been determined. Prolegomena The great central plain of the interior," he continued, "is formed by a vast alluvial deposit carried down as silt by the Mississippi. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy In Figure 87 an ideal section is given, illustrating the different position which the Recent and Post-pliocene alluvial deposits occupy in many European valleys. The Student's Elements of Geology In the valleys along the rivers the soil consists of rich alluvial deposits. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither The sandy areas are often covered with coconut trees, and the alluvial deposits along the rivers frequently become beds of nipa palm as far back as tide water. The Bontoc Igorot You soon scent the salt air, and as you flounder in the alluvial deposits of ages, you expect to find the salt-water at the very roots of the millet. Notes of a War Correspondent This he spat out, and so gradually formed by alluvial deposit an island. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 It has long been a matter of common observation that most rivers are now cutting their channels through alluvial deposits of greater depth and extent than could ever have been formed by the present streams. The Student's Elements of Geology Gold can be washed with little difficulty from most of the river beds, and from various alluvial deposits. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither They were alluvial deposit of the stream of life lodged in the delta of Fifth Avenue and Broadway. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Gazing through this window—or, rather, gazing at it, for X-rays could hardly have succeeded in actually penetrating the alluvial deposits on the glass—was a little man. Something New But Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne, diverted the waters, from poetry and plays, into the region of the novel, whither they have brought down a copious alluvial deposit. Adventures Among Books |
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