sediment
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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
And more extreme events mean more landslides and sediment in rivers, raising riverbeds and reducing channel capacity on both sides of the border.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nepal's rivers cross a sharp break in slope at the mountain front, drop their sediment, and spread across the plains as braided, shifting channels.
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
I test the particulate and the sediment is nothing more than sand, making it completely drinkable with the filtration straws.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing sediment
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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