sediment
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Sediment clouds from mining can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, potentially disrupting the entire mid-water food web and affecting important species such as tuna.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
Sediment gravity flows can move massive amounts of material through this region intermittently.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
Sediment preserves pollen, charcoal, and other indicators of past ecosystems.
From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023
Sediment stuck to the nodules is sucked up along with them to the surface vessel.
From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023
The Lips, the Tongue, the Palate, the Skin are all dry; the Breath hot; the Urine little and high coloured in the first Stage: but more plentiful, less flaming, and letting fall much Sediment afterwards.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
Vocabulary lists containing sediment
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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