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silt sentence examples

  • None of these remained open very long and the harbor rapidly silted up.
  • December 2004 coy pond dredging coy pond was cleared of some accumulated silt in december.
  • A post appeared to have been deliberately removed and the void filled with a bone-rich clayey silt.
  • High risk of erosion silt loam predominantly silt loam predominantly silt with very little sand or clay.
  • The photos above and below show the clay silt deposited by the flood water.
  • Silt with inclusions of rubble, gravel and pebbles.
  • Silted up from the waste water from the motorway above.
  • However, removing the silt is no easy task!
  • Above these is [ 4191 ] friable sandy silt ( 10yr 3/4 dark yellow brown ) with mixed stones.
  • Silt traps are also shallow and any water passing through them warms up before entering the lake.
  • The latter had been carefully covered by a layer fine river silt.
  • Silt deposited by the flood water.
  • His soil isn't suitable for carrots and parsnips as the alluvial silt has heavy seams running through it which make them bend.
  • Silt lagoons from the colliery.
  • These gravels are more resistant to scour and can maintain higher slope angles than the estuarine silts and clays.
  • Silt deposition regularly.
  • This was found to be due to a very sandy silt being deposited by a side drain.
  • Silt trap.
  • Also, when the river floods it leaves behind fertile silt.
  • Silt deposit contributes to the maintenance of fertility of the land in spite of frequent cultivation.

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