"sediment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Road construction and poor logging practices, particularly historical, have increased erosion, leading to excessive sediment buildup in the river and its tributaries.
- They flourish where the rate of sediment buildup is greater than the rate that the land level is sinking at.
- Meanwhile, some of the boats must dock 20 feet from their piers, because of sediment buildup along the canal edges.
- Large fires in 1977, 1987, 2002, 2006, and 2008 have greatly increased erosion, causing sediment buildup in the river and its tributaries.
- The Carmel River has two dams, with their reservoirs used for drinking water and having severe sediment buildup.
- There is concern about that erosion leading to sediment buildup in the reservoirs behind the dams used to generate the country's hydroelectric power.
- Water quality in the country's rivers is now very poor because of sediment buildup from erosion, as well as toxic pollution and waste disposal.
- Benthic sediment buildup causes biological damage and reduces aquatic biodiversity.
- Historical logging practices, particularly widespread clear-cutting, caused severe erosion, which lead to excessive sediment buildup in the river and its tributaries.
- The greatest problem for the creek and its tributaries is erosion, which leads to excessive sediment buildup in the streambeds.
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