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SILTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

The deposition or accumulation of silt that is suspended throughout a body of standing water or in some considerable portion of it; especially the choking, filling or covering with stream-deposited silt behind a dam or other place of retarded flow; or in a reservoir.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] utiliser des trappes de rétention des sédiments pour éviter la siltation au cours des travaux ayant lieu dans le cours des ruisseaux ou sur ses berges.

Spanish

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