How to Use sedimentation in a Sentence

sedimentation

noun

• But that source has declined with sedimentation over the years.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• Four of the six sedimentation basins at the water treatment plant have been restored.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 20 July 2022
• Left to its own devices, the sedimentation would have been one of the factors driving the Mississippi flow into the Atchafalaya, before the corps locked in the 70-30 split.
  — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• The sedimentation basins west of MacArthur weren’t built until much later.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2021
• Ratepayers are chipping in to thin the forest and give it a chance of maintaining some tree and ground cover to block erosion and sedimentation when the next fire moves through.
  — AZCentral.com, 21 June 2022
• Rome makes concrete our sense of a deeply layered past, but not one formed by gentle sedimentation.
  — Greg Woolf, WSJ, 29 June 2018
• And even when water is available, the river is often clogged with sedimentation, due to the runoff from development and mining in the area.
  — National Geographic, 21 Jan. 2016
• Then there is sedimentation, which starves coral of oxygen.
  — Olivia Yasukawa and Thomas Page, CNN, 10 July 2017
• Geologic movement and sedimentation, common in caves, could have moved the bones and covered them with dirt.
  — Byann Gibbons, science.org, 5 June 2023
• This shows how farmers can be good neighbors through control of sedimentation through the timing of water usage and capture.
  — Special To Al.com, AL.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Commissioners were told that to tap into the water supply the lake would have to temporarily be drained due to years of sedimentation and loss of water volume.
  — Yasmine Askari, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Mar. 2021
• The district also proposes to test the use of sedimentation basins and clarifier tanks to treat water.
  — Denis Cuff, The Mercury News, 13 June 2017
• That would make room for far more water than sedimentation has squeezed out of Horseshoe’s capacity.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• Cattle in the area have been aggressive toward wilderness visitors, Howes said, graze year-round and trample stream banks and springs, causing erosion and sedimentation.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
• Perhaps the most common — and most insidious — way that playas have been degraded is through sedimentation.
  — John Richard Saylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2021
• This young patient’s blood work showed his sedimentation rate (a measure of inflammation in the body) was six times more than normal, and his white blood cell count was elevated, a common sign of infection.
  — Daniel R. Taylor, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• The remaining wine is set to undergo months of chemical testing, wherein researchers will explore how aging in space affects the sedimentation and bubbles of the aging process.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2021
• Briggler says sedimentation caused by runoff from plows and other human activity is probably one part of it.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
• Briggler says sedimentation caused by runoff from plows and other human activity is probably one part of it.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
• The model revealed large floods could quickly destabilize the city’s water system thanks to feedback from erosion and sedimentation, the researchers report today in the journal Science Advances.
  — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2018
• These islands are formed from sedimentation, while those of Curaçao and the eastern Caribbean are founded on volcanic activity.
  — Alex Riley, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
• Sedimentation can occur due to extreme weather events -- the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami covered some reefs in Seychelles -- but sediment can also travel via rain runoff and flood waters, caused by storm surges and rising sea levels.
  — Olivia Yasukawa and Thomas Page, CNN, 10 July 2017
• Helmer views wild nature through a characteristically Dutch lens of free-flowing rivers, sedimentation, and floods.
  — Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
• Though sedimentation had occurred to the dam, resulting in a loss of water volume, Heyn said that additional water can be put into the reservoir to restore the volume for water supply purposes.
  — Yasmine Askari, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Mar. 2021
• Clearcutting forests can cause flooding and sedimentation downstream and decimate wildlife.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
• Illinois has a poor track record for setting aside wetlands, having lost 90% of the state’s original habitat and ranking low among states in preserving the settings that prevent flooding, reduce sedimentation in waterways and support wildlife.
  — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
• The critical maintenance will involve taking particles out of the water in six sedimentation basins used to treat the water and produce up to 210 million gallons per day, according to the utility company.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 July 2022
• Part of the flood-mitigation plan includes the preliminary step of removing log jams and assessing sedimentation issues throughout the creek, to help improve flow and alleviate back-up and street flooding.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2021
• The tiny, soft-bodied organisms known as coral, which form reefs mostly found in shallow tropical waters, are threatened by pollution, sedimentation, and global warming.
  — Paul Chesley, National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2019
• Boat anchors, sedimentation, pollution and devastating storms in the area have destroyed the animal’s habitat.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024