silt
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Removing silt from these spots would increase the overall flow rate through the delta, allowing even more water retention in reservoirs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In a practice that ought to inspire progressives, those farmers deepened the delta channels and spread over their surrounding farmland the rich silt they excavated or used it to reinforce the levees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The bee began digging into the fine clay-rich silt that had built up in the darker parts of the cave.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
I wanted to show her what I learned: that we are never alone among the tadpoles, silt and stones, that we belong to nature too.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
New Guinea is covered with young fertile soil, as a consequence of volcanic activity, glaciers repeatedly advancing and retreating and scouring the highlands, and mountain streams carrying huge quantities of silt to the lowlands.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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