silt


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Synonyms for silt

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for silt

mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake

Related Words

become chocked with silt

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The company installs silt fences and offers a service contract to maintain them during the course of a project.
Typical specific surface areas for sand, silt, and clay-sized fractions are 30, 1500 and 3,000,000 [cm.sup.2] [g.sup.-1], respectively (Their & Graveel, 1997).
Analyses combining these models suggest that, in the prehuman era, the world's rivers carried about 15.5 billion metric tons of silt, sand, and other material to the sea each year.
Calculate clay by subtracting silt and sand depth from total depth to get CLAY DEPTH.
The floodwaters drove silt and contaminants from the beds of rivers, streams, and pools, cleansing and expanding waterways.
The amount of silt in Sutlej has crossed 8000 parts per million (ppm) in the Nathpa Jhakri dam in Kinnaur district.
RAWALPINDI -- Managing Director Water and Sanitation Agency Raja Shaukat Mehmood has claimed to clear silt and solid waste from Nullah Leh and there is no danger of flood in Nullah Leh due to arrangements made by the authority during the monsoon season.
WORKS have taken place to clear Gunnergate Lake in Middlesbrough of reeds and silt.
Six consulting firms were engaged for 6 divisions (area circles) of the department to monitor and evaluate silt removal and canal cleaning done by contractors.
But Denbighshire council says it has been monitoring the silt deposits during recent construction work at the harbour, and conditions have remained "stable".
WORK to remove Porthcawl's silt pile will begin within a fortnight, Bridgend council has revealed.
MORE than 100 people attended a protest in Porthcawl against a pile of silt which campaigners claim is symbolic of the neglect of the town.