Siltation
Definitions
The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.
Equivalents
العربيةتراكم الطّمي
Examples
“They are also heavily engineered upstream: a dam built upstream in neighboring India can critically stanch the flow⟳ of freshwater down here, increasingly the chances of salinity and siltation.”
“The roster of perils includes, but is not limited to: overfishing, which promotes the growth of algae that compete⟳ with corals; agricultural runoff, which also encourages algae growth; deforestation, which leads to siltation and reduces water clarity; and dynamite fishing, whose destructive potential would seem to be self-explanatory.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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