Too much sediment turns waterways into hiking paths. From LearnThat.org.
Floats are tethered to the trees so that once felled, no sediment is disturbed. From Wordnik.com. [“REDISCOVERED” WOOD & THE TRITON SAWFISH | Inhabitat] Reference
A soil removal and long-term sediment and surface water monitoring plan is forthcoming. From Wordnik.com. [YubaNet.com] Reference
Once brought to the surface, its contents can be analyzed to determine how much sediment is in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Living in Dryden: July 2004 Archives] Reference
That hamburger is greasy and leaves a thin sediment of garbage floating queasily at the bottom of my stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Triumph!] Reference
The sediment is sago in its first stage – a fine powder, which is at once packed into cylinder-like cases for export. From Wordnik.com. [Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago] Reference
The presses squeeze any water out of the sediment, which is then treated. From Wordnik.com. [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference
The supply of sediment, which is what constructs and builds the delta seaward, has been cut off. From Wordnik.com. [Clastic Detritus] Reference
One way is to trap particles as they sink from the surface ocean using something called a sediment trap. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
In this way we obtain a fine sediment, which is shown by the microscope to consist almost entirely of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Oyster] Reference
The mineralisation at the Ghantsi Copper-Silver property is classified as a sediment-hosted copper-silver deposit. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
In bottle, where, by the way, it invariably deposits a sediment, which is indeed the case with all the wines of the. From Wordnik.com. [Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines] Reference
The sediment is a precious resource that must be used to rebuild the coastal wetlands that Louisiana is losing at a catastrophic rate. From Wordnik.com. [Page Modules] Reference
Rosa is a specter, a revenant of a Brooklyn past, someone buried under layers of sediment, which is why she has the smell of death on her. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Moody: The Diviners (Excerpt)] Reference
He is also concerned that there is no sampling plan talking about how the contamination hazards are modified by being trapped in sediment. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Katrina] Reference
But it's going to depend on what kind of sediment is out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2007] Reference
The greatest care is necessary at each step of the operation to prevent "sediment" passing over with liquor. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Secondly, it means that ducks excel in transporting things, such as sediment particles and small or microscopic organisms. From Wordnik.com. [The Madagascar pochard returns] Reference
So they stand up in a tube and collect the sediment which is falling by means of tentacles. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913] Reference
Then turn the jelly gently into a deep dish, and with a knife scrape off the sediment which is on the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Parloa's New Cook Book] Reference
Did you notice the word "sediment" used a few pages back about the settlement at the bottom of a medicine-vial?. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky] Reference
"sediment," and the Hebrew "Ner," which means Lamp, so that Hefner means. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Enemies of True Republicanism] Reference
There is a kind of sediment, no doubt, in one's note-book; but the effervescence of that vintage goes off rather quickly. ". From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte's Inheritance] Reference
We look at the colors of the wines and the sediment levels. From Wordnik.com. [Wine Cops, on the Case] Reference
• Drain and clean the tank once a year to remove sediment. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: How do I choose a storage-tank water heater?] Reference
The eggs were covered by floods and fossilized in a layer of mud and sediment. From Wordnik.com. [The Inner Life Of Dinosaurs] Reference
But about 150 days a year the sediment absorbs enough sun to maintain oases of liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Eking Out A Life In The Ice] Reference
"If the droplets agglomerate with sediment," he said, "they could even settle to the bottom.". From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain] Reference
Drain your water heater a few times a year to remove sediment, which can decrease efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [40 ways to recognize Earth Day's 40th anniversary] Reference
It comes from a willingness to shake up the mental sediment in which we have hidden our secrets. From Wordnik.com. [Kent Hayden, M.Div.: The Case for Christian Agnosticism] Reference
The rapid buildup of sediment in waterways killed off vital fisheries, leading to food shortages. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: Seed Corn, Discount Rate and Our Endangered Future] Reference
Their roots hold the land together, giving support to loose, wet sediment that would otherwise erode. From Wordnik.com. [How oil-damaged marsh grasses recover could affect gulf's rebound] Reference
But as the ice constantly pushes upward, the sediment heats up and sinks again, hovering about six feet down. From Wordnik.com. [Eking Out A Life In The Ice] Reference
We were taking sediment cores beneath the ice to document the climate record for much of the past million years. From Wordnik.com. [Arctic Meltdown] Reference
Rakesh sits in a low crouch at the bottom of a seven-foot-deep manhole, sloshing away in a swirl of human waste and sediment. From Wordnik.com. [The World’s Worst Job?] Reference
Big league baseball, now in its third century, produces a steadily thickening sediment of numbers, pitch by pitch, inning by inning. From Wordnik.com. [Elias Knows Everything] Reference
At the end of Ma'adim Valley, beneath the encircling ramparts of Gusev, the delta's layers of sediment fan out across the basin floor. From Wordnik.com. [Out Where We Belong] Reference
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