silted up
Choked with deposits
Silted up describes a waterway or harbor that has become clogged with silt—fine sediment deposited by flowing water.
A silted-up channel is too shallow for navigation; a silted-up reservoir holds less water.
The phrase can extend figuratively to anything gradually blocked or rendered useless by accumulated deposits: The old drainage system had silted up over decades of neglect.
- dredgingExtracting underwater sediment
- channelizationStraightening natural waterways
- flood controlPreventing destructive overflow
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- shipping channelMarked route for vessels
turbidity · water flow · clogged · navigability · deforestation · dam construction · erosion · deposition · river mouth · stagnant · river restoration · agricultural runoff · biodiversity loss · eutrophication · blocked · filled in · geomorphology · soil compaction
silted updredged
Removed sediment from
clear · navigable · unobstructed · open · free-flowing