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What does silting mean?

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  1. present participle of silt
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In fact, silting is mentioned in a remark on the CHS marine chart for the area.
Like other deltaic distributaries, they are subject to sudden changes in their channels, and to constant silting up.
Ostia is harbourless on account of the silting up which is caused by the Tiber, since the river is fed by numerous small streams.
One has to keep an eye on starfishes, piercing winkles and seed mussels, at the origin of the silting up of oyster beds.
Which, however, was probably already being weakened by the silting up of the Pisan harbour.
This system often leads to lands fertility loss due to hydrous erosion, to silting up and alkalization.

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