Sentence examples for siltation of from inspiring English sources

They continued cultivating the steep river banks, and when the rains came there was heavy siltation of the system.

Soil erosion, induced by forest denudation in the Artibonite valley, has resulted in severe siltation of the reservoir and has greatly reduced its agricultural and energy potential.

It says the crop has triggered soil erosion, siltation of waterways, widespread use of toxic chemicals and pesticides and road building through some of the world's most delicate habitats.

A spry man in his 70's, he has witnessed many changes to the river, from a steady decline in water flow caused by drilling of nearby wells, to siltation of much of the stream bed.

And there are still problems on many rivers, where poorly oxygenated water and siltation of substrate as a result of dredging, agricultural runoff and other factors have impeded the survival of eggs, Dr. Fox said.

It causes the siltation of the tributaries of the Ganges and siltation of other rivers.

Siltation life of the reservoir was determined from rate of incoming sediment, trap efficiency and reservoir capacity using the Wallingford method.

Other water challenges include, siltation, degradation of water pans resultant to poor management (GOK 2008).

Results also showed that the siltation life of the reservoir was >100 years according to the Wallingford method.

According to the National Agency for Dams and Transfers (ANBT 2014), Algeria has until 2014 72 dams with a total capacity of 7692.24 million m3 whose rate of siltation reached 14.12% of this capacity (ANBT 2014).

Some of the measures undertaken for rehabilitating the lake to bring it to its original eutrophication free status involved measures such as construction of siltation tanks, mechanical deweeding, regrouping of houseboats, deepening of outflow channel and removal of bunds and barricades, including some floating gardens.