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silting

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silting [′siltĀ·iŋ]
(civil engineering)
The filling up or raising of the bed of a body of water by depositing silt.
(geology)
The deposition or accumulation of stream-deposited silt that is suspended in a body of standing water.


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The reports are being launched by the Still Waters, Bassenthwaite Lake Restoration Programme, which aims to cut the amount of silt reaching Bassenthwaite by half to return silting to the levels of 60 years ago.
And to avoid a build-up of problems in the future caused by silting there are plans to spend about pounds 15,000 annually on regular maintenance work.
The programme is working with landowners to prevent silting up of the lake by reducing erosion caused by overgrazing.
 
 
 
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