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He fears the project will silt up the creek and Flathead Lake and destroy fish and habitat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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 doubt if we make it to even 1 million,” Loomis admits, adding that he hopes to die in shallow silt so he can become a fossil too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

His sodden robes weighed him down as he walked in deeper; now the water was over his knees, and his rapidly numbing feet were slipping over silt and flat, slimy stones.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

When the port silted up, Bladensburg, a few miles downriver, was chartered in 1742 as the new port.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 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

Samir and I ran as the silted ground of the hill country tightened into rocky foothills leaning against us.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

After the fence went up, the society turned to repairing the stream, which was both eroding and silting, to the detriment of the habitat.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 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

The Chesapeake has struggled for decades from overfishing, silting and pollution, especially from runoff from urban areas and farms.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2014

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