Eluviation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall countable
  2. 2
    Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation. uncountable

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