Fluvial
![Deep, eroding glaciofluvial deposits alongside the Matanuska River, Alaska](/Images/godic/202501/13/Matanuska_River_87273653.JPG")
Fluvial is a term used in geography and geology to refer to the processes associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the term glaciofluvial or fluvioglacial is used.