sediment
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The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Today there are more than 20 introduced species still in the lake that kick up sediment, destroy the plants the chi live among and eat their eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In other words, experts say, the real warning is about what is happening in the Himalayas - and what happens when water, rock, ice and enormous quantities of sediment suddenly combine.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Elements commonly associated with interstellar dust have been found in deep-sea sediment cores, Antarctic snow, and samples from the Moon that correspond to these time periods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
The dark line of the horizon is far in the distance, the sky above it lighter, like layers of sediment in rock.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Vocabulary lists containing sediment
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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