Hyphenation of alluvion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alluvion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

al-lu-vion

Definitions of alluvion:

1.	Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
2.	The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land Plains fertilized by annual inundations
3.	Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

Synonyms of alluvion:

noun	geological process, geologic process
noun	flood, inundation, deluge, geological phenomenon
noun	alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, sediment, deposit

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