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• Silt — is soil or rock derived granular material of a grain size between sand and clay. Silt may occur as a soil or as suspended sediment in a surface water body. It may also exist as soil deposited at the bottom of a water body. Source Silt is… …   Wikipedia

• Delta Junction, Alaska — Delta Junction   City   …   Wikipedia

• silt something up — ˌsilt sthˈup | ˌsilt ˈup derived to block sth with ↑silt; to become blocked with ↑silt • Sand has silted up the river delta. • The harbour has now silted up. Main entry: ↑silt …   Useful english dictionary

• silt — siltation, n. silty, adj. /silt/, n. 1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment. v.i. 2. to become filled or choked up with silt. v.t. 3. to fill or choke up with silt. [1400 50; late… …   Universalium

• silt up — verb become chocked with silt The river silted up • Syn: ↑silt • Derivationally related forms: ↑silt (for: ↑silt) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• River delta — Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. The Nile is an example of a wave dominated delta that has the classic Greek delta (Δ) shape after which river deltas were named. A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that… …   Wikipedia

• Colorado River Delta — as seen from space (2004); Isla Montague is the large island in the center. The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River flows into the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez). The delta is part of a larger… …   Wikipedia

• Mitchell River silt jetties — Mitchell River silt jetties, looking from the south bank towards the north bank, with the Mitchell River in the foreground and Lake King in the distance. The rocks lining the banks have been placed to prevent erosion. The Mitchell River silt… …   Wikipedia

• Natchez silt loam — In 1988, the Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Mississippi selected Natchez silt loam soil to represent the soil resources of the State. These soils exist on 171,559 acres (0.56% of state) of landscape in Mississippi. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• Irrawaddy Delta — The Irrawaddy Delta or Ayeyarwady Delta lies in the Irrawaddy Division, the lowest expanse of land in Burma that fans out from the limit of tidal influence at Myan Aung to the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, 290 km to the south at the mouth of the …   Wikipedia

• Formation of delta-shaped river basin — NOTOC The formation of a river basin at the mouth of the river is usually characterised by the shape of a delta, the triangular Greek letter. The cause of this shape of the river basin may be explained by the theory of colloids. IntroductionThe… …   Wikipedia