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deluvial

deluvial is the alternative spelling of diluvial.

Meaning of diluvial

Adjective

diluvial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
    • While stabilized and semistabilized sand dunes prevail in the desert in the Dzungarian Basin, shifting dunes are the rule in this desert, intermittently distributed along both the south and north banks of the O-erh-ch'i-szu Ho [translating 額爾齊斯河 /额尔齐斯河 (É'ěrqísī)] in the northwestern part of the...1975 August 18 [1974 May], “Study of China's Deserts [中国沙漠概论 CHUNG-KUO SHA-MO KAI-LUN]”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 316, United States Joint Publications Research Service...
  2. Pertaining to Noah's Flood.

Questions about deluvial

What is deluvial the alternative spelling of?
Deluvial is the alternative spelling of diluvial.

Words near deluvial in the dictionary

  1. delustre
  2. delustred
  3. delustres
  4. delustring
  5. deluvia
  6. deluvial
  7. deluvian
  8. deluvium
  9. deluviums
  10. deluxe
  11. deluxer

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