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Alluvial soils

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000262

Soils that have developed over time as sediments are deposited by the periodic flooding of streams or rivers.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000262
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsflood plain soils; floodplain soils
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLithological soil types; Hydric soils; Coastal plain soils; Alluvial land; Stream channels; Alluvium; Alluvial plains
TranslationsSpanish: suelos aluviales
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000262",
  "term": "Alluvial soils",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Soils that have developed over time as sediments are deposited by the periodic flooding of streams or rivers.",
  "synonyms": [
    "flood plain soils",
    "floodplain soils"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "lithological soil types",
    "hydric soils",
    "coastal plain soils",
    "alluvial land",
    "stream channels",
    "alluvium",
    "alluvial plains"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "suelos aluviales"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/alluvial-soils/"
}

Record 260 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.