Another word for silt

silt Synonyms

silt

sediment, deposit, sand, varbe; see residue, sediment.

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Below it, and their water is at all seasons very free from silt or mud.
This current catches the silt brought down by the rivers and projects it in long banks, or lidi, parallel with the shore.
Much of this silt is again carried away by the San Juan.
The immediate effect, which is highly beneficial, is the deposition of silt from the tide.
As might be expected under these conditions, it ranges from fine sand to silt which approaches clay in texture.

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