Difference between Colluvial and Alluvial

What is the difference between Colluvial and Alluvial?

Colluvial as an adjective is of or pertaining to colluvium while Alluvial as an adjective is pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.

Colluvial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to colluvium

Alluvial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.

We hope you now know whether to use Colluvial or Alluvial in your sentence.

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