Sentence examples for large silt from inspiring English sources
In addition, the Central and Hunan Provinces' governmental authorities have instigated a Return Land to Lake Program that will extend the Dongting Lake surface area from the current 2,681 km to 4,350 km.The previous construction of embankments and the large silt deposits made by the Yangtze River and other connecting rivers have contributed to frequent disastrous flooding.
Sand particles are the largest, silt is somewhat smaller, and clay particles are the smallest.
The strait is silting on both sides, and, near the mouths of large rivers, silt accretions range from about 30 feet (9 metres) on the coast of Malaya to about 650 feet annually on the east coast of Sumatra.
Small index large table (SILT) [20] is a memory efficient, high-performance key-value store based on flash storage.
Coarse clastic materials seldom are larger than boulders (25 cm [10 inches]), and the type of material in sizes larger than silt and clay frequently reveals its source.
A perennial problem with the river was that the tides deposited large quantities of silt in the channel, and during the summer months the flow of the river was insufficient to scour the silt away.
In a telephone news conference, Mr. Salazar said the releases would be timed for when storms or snowmelt have carried large amounts of silt just downriver from the dam.
A study by the commission also questioned the dam's long-term effectiveness because of the large amount of silt in the river.
The Kārūn empties large quantities of silt into the Shaṭṭ Al-ʿArab, necessitating continuous dredging to keep the channel navigable for shallow-draft oceangoing vessels.
Detective Mark Coleman, of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, said rescue divers found large amounts of silt inside the ship, which would have made it difficult for the men to find their way out.
The flow of the Yongding is irregular; in the rainy season it rises rapidly, carrying with it large quantities of silt, which raise the level of the riverbed considerably.
