silted up

The river has silted up following the heavy rains.
La rivière s'est envasée après les fortes pluies.
As you can see, it's all rather silted up.
Comme vous le voyez, c'est assez encombré.
Slowly however the connection to the sea silted up.
Pourtant, petit à petit la connection avec la mer commençait à s' ensabler.
The town was a leading merchant harbour until the 16th century, when river access to the sea was silted up.
La ville fut un port marchand de grande importance au 16eme Siècle, lorsque que la rivière s’envasât, coupant l’accès de la ville à la mer.
The silted up soil has a negative effect on the health of the animals, through worm-infestation and infections as well as diarrhea, which makes medication necessary.
La souillure du sol a un impact négatif sur la santé des animaux, à cause de la présence de vers et d’infections telles que la diarrhée, qui rendent l’usage de médicaments indispensable.
In the course of time however, the access to the harbour silted up and the largest ships could no longer reach Damme directly.
Cependant, dans le courant des années, l' accès au port s'ensablait de plus en plus et après un certain temps les plus grands navires n' arrivaient plus à atteindre le port directement.
The village of Monody was experiencing irrigation problems owing to the fact that one of the major canals, which was approximately 28 kilometres in length and which was used to deliver water, was silted up and nearly non-operational.
Le village de Monody avait des problèmes d'irrigation car l'un des principaux canaux, d'une longueur d'environ 28 kilomètres, s'était envasé et n'était pratiquement plus utilisable.
It is a somewhat idealised view of the port of La Rochelle in so far as in the 18th century the port was already very silted up and very shallow.
C'est quand même une vision un peu idyllique du port de La Rochelle dans la mesure où, au 18ème déjà, le port est très envasé, peu profond. Les bateaux les plus importants ne rentrent pas.
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