sediment
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To learn when those earthquakes occurred, scientists dig trenches across the scarps and study the displaced layers of soil and sediment.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
As it stands, listening to these albums feels more like panning for gold and mostly seeing piles of sediment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Retrofitting the warehouse for immigration detention would create construction sediment that would run into nearby waterways, Maryland’s lawsuit argued, and housing hundreds of people there would strain the water supply and create sewage overflows.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
His group and universities are sampling water and sediment along the shore ahead of warmer weather when more people use the river.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The water, opaque with glacial sediment and only a few degrees warmer than the ice it had so recently been, was the color of wet concrete.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing sediment
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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