silt

Its hygroscopy makes it absorb moisture from the air, limiting the number of smaller particles (silts and clays) which become airborne.
Son hygrométrie permet d'absorber l'humidité de l'air, ce qui limite le nombre de particules plus petites (limons et argiles) qui deviennent aéroportées.
Flat and low isles built by the sand silts and covered with vegetation, which rise over the average sea level.
Île plates et basses, formées par des sédiments sableux et recouvertes de végétation, qui se dressent au-dessus du niveau de la mer.
During the day it silts up or hides under the pebbles and gets out the night to hunt various gastropods, even congeners.
Le jour il s’enfonce dans le sable ou se cache sous des pierres et sort la nuit pour chasser divers gastéropodes, y compris des congénères.
Also man-made erosion sweeps away farmlands, devastates roads and silts up sources of water supply.
L’érosion d’origine humaine balaie les terres arables, dévaste les routes et ensable les sources d’eau.
Type SG gravel pumps are designed for continuously handing the most difficult higher abrasive silts which contain too big solids to be pumped by a common pump.
Les pompes à gravier de type SG sont conçues pour la manutention continue des silts abrasifs les plus difficiles qui contiennent des solides trop gros pour être pompés par une pompe commune.
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