The formation was primarily deposited by rivers, with the silty facies as the slower, more sluggish part of the river system.
This sequence was deposited by lakes and rivers in the developing rift basin.
"Alluvial" describes rich, fertile soil deposited by rivers and streams.
It had been deposited by ancient rivers that then eroded deep into the earth.
Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers.
The rock formation is composed of sediments that were deposited by rivers and streams, he said.
At first, the trough accumulated sediments deposited by rivers and lakes.
It also grows in alluvial soils (soil deposited by rivers).
Alluvium is soil that has been deposited by rivers or flowing water.
The land here was formed from the sediments that were deposited by the Indus and other rivers over thousands of years.