Sediment
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Sediment is a solid material made of loose particles that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. It occurs naturally and, through the processes of weathering and erosion, is broken do
River Tiber discharging sediment into the sea
Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico
Sediment off the Yucatán Peninsula
Sediment builds up on human-made breakwaters because they reduce the speed of water flow, so the stream cannot carry as much sediment load.
Silt
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Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil or as sediment mixed in suspension with water. Silt usually has a flo
Windrow of windblown silt, Northwest Territories, Canada
A stream carrying silt from fields in Brastad, Sweden
A silted lake located in Eichhorst, Germany