They carry much silt and rocky debris with them, and often have a milky white appearance.

They are found in cool, clear medium to large streams and sometimes in larger, warm rivers that carry silt.

The flash flood came with the force of a stampede, carrying silt and boulders like projectiles.

But when the river flowed naturally, regular floods carried silt from the heartland into the marshes, maintaining their elevation.

The rivers along with water carry silt and sand eroded from the western plateaus and deposits them in the Bhagirathi and the rivers themselves.

If water in an unclogged gutter drains too slowly to carry silt and particles, or if water forms pools that do not drain, the slope may be insufficient.

A river that drains a continent carries silt and forms a delta of many islands.

The rivers carry silt, extending their deltas and filling the former harbours.

Although it carries silt in suspension, the Amazon's water, in a chemical sense, is amazingly pure, in places approaching the quality of distilled water.

To the east, big rivers carry silt from the mountains, forming the vast lowland interspersed by swamps.