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| + | Meriam Webster defines alluvial to be made up of or found in the materials that are left by the water of rivers, floods, etc. The Sumerians called a flat alluvial plain that was 300 miles long and 150 miles wide "The Land". The land was created by deposits of silt from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. | ||
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| + | http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alluvial | ||
| + | Manual pg. 93 | ||
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| + | Anna Childers | ||
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Meriam Webster defines alluvial to be made up of or found in the materials that are left by the water of rivers, floods, etc. The Sumerians called a flat alluvial plain that was 300 miles long and 150 miles wide "The Land". The land was created by deposits of silt from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alluvial Manual pg. 93
Anna Childers
