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What is the noun for silting?

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silt
  1. Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  2. Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  3. (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “However, in addition to that alluvium much of central Belfast is underlain instead by a deposit of soft grey mud, silt and fine sand with numerous sea shells, in particular oysters.”
siltation
  1. The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The environmental effects of careless logging have led to soil erosion, polluted rivers, siltation and severe flooding.”
      “The objective is to minimise poaching, overgrazing and soil erosion as this can lead to siltation and nutrient enrichment of surface waters.”
      “Swan mussels are highly sensitive to siltation and other environmental changes.”
siltations
  1. plural of siltation
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