Sentence examples for silting from from inspiring English sources

The 10th C robber trench had developed muddy features, and rooting traces show that it was not backfilled, but was slowly infilled by humic soil silting from turf mound layers.

Marine biology is also concerned with the effects of certain forms of pollution on the fish and plant life of the oceans, particularly the effects of pesticide and fertilizer runoff from land sources, accidental spills from oil tankers, and silting from coastline construction activities.

It was silt from the days of the ancient sea.

The harbor slowly disappeared as silt from the Pocantico River, which feeds into the Hudson, built up.

Later that year, Mr. Casey dug out a crawl space that had been filled in with silt from the flood.

The Davis family benefited when a group of locals shifted 15 tons of sand and silt from their garden.

It's thought that the occasional influx of silt from nearby glaciers provides the sediment that the cyanobacteria then recolonize.

Most remain focused on immediate matters like finding loved ones, burying pets and shoveling river silt from their living rooms.

The success of the mitigation strategy was contingent on raking built-up silt from the Tamar river, he said.

Army Corps dredges have been working hard to remove silt from navigational channels so that they remain deep enough for shipping.

And silt from the Mekong still piles up on the river's bank in the rainy season.