colluvium

koh-LOO-vee-um

Loose sediment that has accumulated at the base of a slope through the action of gravity — not carried by water or wind but simply fallen, slid, or crept downhill under its own weight. Colluvium is the material that gathers at the foot of a cliff, at the toe of a landslide, or along the lower edge of any steep terrain. It is unsorted, angular, and often unstable — a slope's debris pile, still in the process of arriving.
Etymology
Latin, from colluere, to wash together, but in geological usage the emphasis is on gravity rather than water. The word was coined by analogy with alluvium — alluvium is delivered by water, colluvium by gravity.
geology Latin mountain/alpine rock
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