silting up
Channel gradually filling
Silting up is the gradual accumulation of silt—fine sediment carried by water—that fills in a waterway, harbor, or reservoir.
Rivers silt up when flow slows and particles settle.
The process can render ports unusable or choke irrigation channels: The old canal had silted up completely.
To prevent silting up, channels require periodic dredging.
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- flood plainRiver-adjacent overflow zone
- cloggingObstructing a passage
drainage ditch · eutrophication · weathering · geomorphology · stratification · soil compaction · reservoir · harbor · shipping channel · alluvium · mud flats · river mouth · stagnation · navigation
silting uperosion
Gradual wearing away
dredging · scouring · washing away · flushing out · eroding
silting updredging
Extracting underwater sediment
clearing · deepening · opening up · unblocking · desilting