##  [Alluvial Deposition](/index.php/alluvial-deposition) 

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Definition

The geomorphological process by which running water (rivers, streams, floods) transports and deposits sediments—sorted by energy and grain size—creating layered deposits that can bury, rework, or spatially redistribute archaeological materials and thereby shape site stratigraphy.