"colluvium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colluvia [plural], colluviums [plural]
Etymology: From Latin colluvio (“jumble”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|colluvio||jumble}} Latin colluvio (“jumble”) Head templates: {{en-noun|colluvia|s}} colluvium (plural colluvia or colluviums)
  1. (geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope Wikipedia link: en:colluvium Categories (topical): Geology Hyponyms: talus Related terms: colluvial Coordinate_terms: alluvium, scree Translations (a loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope): col·luvió [masculine] (Catalan), colluvion [masculine] (French), Kolluvium (German), मिश्रोढ़क (miśroṛhak) (Hindi), snaíochar [masculine] (Irish), colluvium (Italian), 崩積層 (hōsekisō) (alt: ほうせきそう) (Japanese), 붕적토 (bungjeokto) (alt: 崩積土) (Korean), coluviu [neuter] (Romanian), коллю́вий (kolljúvij) [masculine] (Russian), பாறை புதர் (pāṟai putar) (Tamil)

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