silt

  • 31silt up — PHR V ERG If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt. [V P] Without huge investment the reservoirs will silt up... [V P n] The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams …

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  • 32silt — sɪlt n. fine particles of sand and other earthy matter which are carried and deposited by water v. fill or obstruct with silt; become filled with or obstructed by silt …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 33silt — 1 noun (U) moving sand, mud, soil etc that is carried in water and then settles at a bend in a river, an entrance to a port etc 2 verb silt up phrasal verb (I, T) to fill or become filled with silt: The old harbour silted up years ago …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34Silt — aleuritas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Puri 0,01–0,10 mm skersmens mineralų dalelių sankaupa (dulkės, dumblas, liosiškos uolienos), dažniausiai susidedanti iš kvarco, putnagų, žėručių, glaukonito. atitikmenys: angl.… …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 35silt — aleuritas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Puri 0,01–0,10 mm skersmens mineralų dalelių sankaupa (dulkės, dumblas, liosiškos uolienos), dažniausiai susidedanti iš kvarco, putnagų, žėručių, glaukonito. atitikmenys: angl.… …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 36Silt — Limon (roche) un exemple spectaculaire de dépôt limoneux : alluvions déposées lors des inondations dues au passage du cyclone Katrina à la Nouvelle Orléans En géologie et en pédologie, un limon est une formation sédimentaire dont la taille… …

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  • 37silt up — verb To become filled or clogged with silt …

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  • 38Silt — Original name in latin Silt Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Denver longitude 39.54859 latitude 107.65617 altitude 1667 Population 2930 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 39silt — [15] The likelihood is that silt originally referred to the mud in salt flats by river estuaries, and that it is etymologically related to salt. It was probably borrowed from a Scandinavian word – Danish and Norwegian have the apparently related… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40Silt —   Waste from Pennsylvania anthracite preparation plants, consisting of coarse rock fragments containing as much as 30 percent small sized coal; sometimes defined as including very fine coal particles called silt. Its heat value ranges from 8 to… …

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