silty
Like river bottoms
Silty describes something containing or resembling silt—the fine sediment deposited by water.
A silty riverbed has accumulated fine particles.
Silty soil drains poorly and feels smooth, finer than sand but coarser than clay: The flood left a silty residue on everything.
Coarse or courageous
- fine-grainedComposed of minute particles
- muddyObscured by silt
- granularMade of tiny particles
- clayeyContaining fine sediment
sandy · earthy · smooth · powdery · crumbly · cohesive · friable · soft
Clouded by particles
unclear · discolored · brownish · unsettled · hazy · obscured · soupy · thick
Water-deposited loose sediment
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
erosion · fluvial · loess · turbidity · suspended · settling · particulate · runoff
Fertile soil mixture
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- alluvialDeposited by moving water
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
arable · waterlogged · boggy · marsh · peat · drainage · permeability · horizon
gritty
Coarse or courageous
- fine-grainedComposed of minute particles
- muddyObscured by silt
- granularMade of tiny particles
clayey · sandy · earthy · smooth · powdery · crumbly · cohesive · friable · soft · loamy
turbid
Clouded by particles
murky · unclear · discolored · brownish · unsettled · hazy · obscured · soupy · thick · visibility
alluvium
Water-deposited loose sediment
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
delta · erosion · fluvial · loess · turbidity · suspended · settling · particulate · runoff · accumulation
loam
Fertile soil mixture
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- alluvialDeposited by moving water
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
fertile · arable · waterlogged · boggy · marsh · peat · drainage · permeability · horizon · subsoil
streambed
River's carved floor
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
meander · riparian · tributary · confluence · oxbow · sandbar · mudflat · riverbank · channel · shallows
- water qualitiesmurky, taste, odor, color, fresh
- soil typesclay soil, sandy soil, loamy soil, rocky soil, loam
- geologicaligneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, volcanic, tectonic
- wetland featureswaterlogged, flooded, saturated, muddy, boggy
siltyclear
Without obstruction or fog
filtered · crystal-clear · clean · pure · transparent
- silt upBecome blocked by sediment
- silted upBlocked by fine sediment
- glacial siltIce-crushed mineral particles
- silting upGradual blockage by deposits