siltation

noun

Etymology

From silt + -ation.

  1. derived from *sultijō
  2. derived from silen
  3. inherited from silte
  4. suffixed as siltation — “silt + ation

Definitions

  1. The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for siltation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA