Related Words for silting

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sedimentation
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Noun, Noun
dredging
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Noun
sediment
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Noun, Verb
eutrophication
/xx/x
Noun
salinity
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Noun
drainage
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Noun
watercourse
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Noun
subsidence
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Noun
denudation
x//x
Noun
erosion
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Noun
flooding
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Noun
estuary
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Noun
dammed
/
Verb, Adjective
jetties
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Noun
wetlands
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Noun
seepage
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Noun
river
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Noun, Verb
weirs
/
Verb
acidification
xxxx/x
Noun
riverbed
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Noun
deltaic
x/x
Adjective
overexploitation
xxxx/x
Noun
oxbow
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Noun
headwater
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Noun
tributary
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
outfall
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Noun, Verb
floodplain
/x
Noun
turbidity
x/xx
Noun
embankments
x/x
Noun
eutrophic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
lake
/
Noun, Verb
tides
/
Verb
riverbanks
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Noun
freshwater
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Noun, Adjective
desertification
/xxx/x
Noun
pollution
x/x
Noun
submergence
x/x
Noun
basin
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Noun, Verb
hydrological
/x/xx
Adjective
canals
x/
Adjective
inundation
xx/x
Noun
waterways
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Noun
creek
/
Noun, Adjective
spillway
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Noun
catchment
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Noun, Verb
nala
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Name
overgrowth
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Noun
riprap
//
Noun, Verb
drains
/
Noun, Verb
seagrass
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Noun
mangroves
/x
Noun
breakwater
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Noun
riparian
//xx
Noun, Adjective
lacustrine
xxx
Adjective
encroachments
x/x
Noun
intertidal
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
marsh
/
Noun
blockage
/x
Noun
rainfall
/x
Noun
river basin
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
ebb tide
//
Phrase, Noun
reservoirs
/xx
Noun
ditch
/
Noun
harbour
/x
Noun
gradual
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Adjective
streams
/
Noun
harbor
/x
Noun
beds
/
Noun
channel
/x
Noun
consequent
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Adjective
rapid
/x
Adjective
excessive
x/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective
port
/
Noun
progressive
x/x
Adjective
causing
/x
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
resulted
x/x
Verb
occurred
x/
Verb
natural
/xx
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
primary
/xx
Adjective
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
slow
/
Adjective
subsequent
/xx
Adjective
led
/
Verb
reduced
x/
Verb
constant
/x
Adjective
rate
/
Noun
secondary
/xxx
Adjective
serious
/xx
Adjective
problem
/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun
owing
/x
Verb
prevention
x/x
Noun
position
x/x
Noun
centuries
/xx
Noun
mouth
/
Noun
danger
/x
Noun
slowly
/x
Adverb
formed
/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
keep
/
Verb
account
x/
Noun
accommodative
x/xxx
Adjective
accumulation
xxx/x
Noun
attrition
x/x
Noun, Verb
breakage
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Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
checking
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Noun
clogging
/x
Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
decimation
/xxx
Noun
defoliation
xxx/x
Noun
deforestation
xxx/x
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
depopulation
xxx/x
Noun
depreciation
xxx/x
Noun
desiccation
xx/x
Noun
drawing
/x
Noun
finishing
/xx
Noun
folding
/x
Adjective, Noun
locking
/x
Noun
loosening
/xx
Noun
numbering
/xx
Noun
obstruction
x/x
Noun
plugging
/x
Noun
punching
/x
Noun
rusting
/x
Noun
shelving
/x
Noun, Adjective
shrinkage
/x
Noun
siltation
//x
Noun
sloughing
/x
Noun
turning
/x
Noun
weakening
/xx
Noun
yielding
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Noun, Adjective