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
• However, the study also revealed that resorts with poor management practices and more sedimentation and runoff can harm the reefs.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
• 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
• In its motion, the county board also called for a sedimentation rate study that would involve setting up gauges at various points in the lake to measure the inflow over a three-year period.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• 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 launch is also inaccessible to larger boats, due to sedimentation issues caused by lake currents.
  — Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
• 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
• These include an erythrocyte sedimentation rate test, which measures how quickly red blood cells settle in a test tube, and a C-reactive protein test, which looks for a protein produced in the liver when inflammation is present.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024