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sediment

noun as in solid residue from liquid solution

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In the “after” photographs of the location, a mark is visible on the glacier - left by the sediment that the giant wave hurled upwards.

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Be sure to strain liquor for bits of sediment.

It washed away thousands of feet of water lines, wiped out roads leading to treatment plants, and churned up sediment in reservoirs.

Now, though, it has been discovered lying face up in the sediment in the debris field.

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They also relied on panning - the washing of sediment through a sieve so the gold settles at the bottom.

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