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The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.

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siltation

Noun

uncountable usually

The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.

Japanese Meaning

水体内に水を運んだシルトが増加し、沈降・堆積する現象。

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Siltation in the estuary has reduced water depth and threatened the breeding grounds of several fish species.

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河口の土砂の堆積により水深が浅くなり、いくつかの魚種の産卵場が脅かされた。

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The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.

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.

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