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
  • Rome makes concrete our sense of a deeply layered past, but not one formed by gentle sedimentation.
    — Greg Woolf, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • Four of the six sedimentation basins at the water treatment plant have been restored.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 20 July 2022
  • The sedimentation basins west of MacArthur weren’t built until much later.
    — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Since the notice, a spokesman said the city has cleared two sedimentation bins of sludge and expects to have all the sludge cleared by April 10.
    — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • That would make room for far more water than sedimentation has squeezed out of Horseshoe’s capacity.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The water flows through another screen which removes any contaminants not picked up by the sedimentation tank.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Briggler says sedimentation caused by runoff from plows and other human activity is probably one part of it.
    — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
  • However, the study also revealed that resorts with poor management practices and more sedimentation and runoff can harm the reefs.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Perhaps the most common — and most insidious — way that playas have been degraded is through sedimentation.
    — John Richard Saylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 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
  • Clearcutting forests can cause flooding and sedimentation downstream and decimate wildlife.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The launch is also inaccessible to larger boats, due to sedimentation issues caused by lake currents.
    — Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
  • One critical task the federal agency managed to check off its list last month was bringing all five primary sedimentation tanks online.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
  • This finding aligns with the idea that factors such as sedimentation and erosion would chip away at a coastline’s complexity more than, say, a mountaintop’s.
    — Alex Music, Scientific American, 16 May 2026
  • 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
  • Besides plastics, coral ecosystems are under threat from climate change, overfishing, and sedimentation.
    — Joseph Hincks, Time, 26 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Habitat loss, poor water quality, sedimentation, disease and collection for the pet trade are primary threats to the species' survival.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to the sedimentation physics of marine snow, the team also studies other plankton that may affect climate and carbon-cycle models.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Helmer views wild nature through a characteristically Dutch lens of free-flowing rivers, sedimentation, and floods.
    — Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Those issues include problems with the four tubes such as sedimentation and cavitation — when tiny air bubbles develop while water passes through plumbing.
    — Suman Naishadham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 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
  • 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

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