Alluvial

alluvial [ uh'-LOO-vee-uh'l ]
[ noun, adjective ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) a type of mud
2. (adj.) pertaining to the sediment deposited by flowing water

EXAMPLE 1 :
Farmers of the Indo-Gangetic plain produce bountiful crops because of the fertile alluvial soil.

EXAMPLE 2 :
One man escaped after falling into a cave as army sharp shooters sprayed the diggers with automatic fire in an alluvial diamond field, in a tribal area, about 20 miles north east of Mutare, near the Mozambique border.