silt

At a final construction update held near the crossing Thursday, Robert Rock, lead landscape architect and principal designer for the crossing, explained that the soil in the area is rich in clay and silt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

On Earth, sedimentary rocks made from clay and silt can be especially valuable because they are capable of preserving evidence of ancient microbial life.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Now, you can see gravel bits and silt bits, and so it's actually creating a really potentially dynamic river."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The army has been working for days at other locations to clear away silt and debris to gain access to the tunnels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Clouds of silt and disgusting garbage—beer botdes, old shoes, plastic bags—swirled up all around me.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Premier Marinas, which owns Brighton Marina, has said dredging, which involves removing natural silts that settle in the marina basin, is needed to ensure safe navigation for boats.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

The silts and sand are a "valuable local resource" that contractors and local governments use as fill material in residential and industrial projects, the Army Corps said.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 17, 2019

About 70% of the hull has survived, well-preserved in the Nile silts.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2019

Lake-clogging soil and silts are being loosed from newly deforested lands far upstream, and scientists also warn that climate change is upsetting Himalayan rainfall patterns.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2016

But Hess’s readings showed that the ocean floor offered anything but the gooey smoothness of ancient silts.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The system is also 70% silted or clogged after over a century of use, Mr Bonoan told news outlet ABS-CBN News.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

Piers where boats used to berth are now silted up, separated from flowing water by several yards.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021

But never have the lakes been silted as they are today,” says Simiyu.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2020

Malacca’s port, once one of the richest on earth, silted up, and the city became a historical footnote.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2020

A dam across the Missouri River in Nebraska silted up so disastrously that a noisome ooze began to pour into the town of Niobrara, eventually forcing its permanent abandonment.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

"In just a few years, the silting up of the bay has been stopped and we have restored the possibility of an island," Macron said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023

The silting of the lake and tree growth had threatened the site - but it was restored after £700,000 was raised.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2021

Geographers had already noticed that rivers tend to avulse at the foot of mountains, where slopes change dramatically and sediment settles out, silting up the bed.

From Science Magazine ● May 13, 2021

Thanks to silting and reclamation in the tidal Liffey, Usher’s Island itself has for centuries been joined to the mainland.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2021

Yes, everything was once water, but the Earth formed out of the oceans by a natural process—similar, he thought, to the silting he had observed at the delta of the Nile.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan