| 单词 | silt up |
| 例句 | Despite constant maintenance, erosion silted up reservoirs, hurricanes destroyed terraces, and weeds and sediment choked irrigation networks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z With the tree and grass cover removed, erosion proceeded and valleys silted up, while irrigation agriculture in the low-rainfall environment led to salt accumulation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was close to the westernmost of the Nile’s seven mouths, the Canopic, but far enough away to avoid having its harbor silted up by the river’s outflow. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z A dam across the Missouri River in Nebraska silted up so disastrously that a noisome ooze began to pour into the town of Niobrara, eventually forcing its permanent abandonment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ashes drifted into the hollow places in my bones and silted up my brainpan. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s when it all silts up that it gets disgusting. I’m not good at silt,” she says. How to De-Clutter Your Life, the Anya Hindmarch Way 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The constant erosion of those soft cliffs, along with the scouring of ancient river sediment, silts up the river and colors it sienna brown. In Nova Scotia, tidal-bore rafting offers a uniquely muddy adventure 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz. Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Also in my notebooks are maps of key locations in books whose plot subsequently changed course, leaving these places unvisited and silted up, like an oxbow lake. Start with the Map 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The stage gradually becomes silted up with a lifetime's possessions, and a parade of shoes – baby-size, Rollerblades, high heels, hiking boots and padded slippers – marks out a march of years. Birdsong; On Ageing; The Big Fellah; Yes, Prime Minister 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z Once the Thames began to silt up, London itself was doomed. Review | A look at the post-apocalyptic world envisioned in the novel ‘After London’ 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Carbohydrates are causing an obesity epidemic and fats silt up your arteries. Is too much protein bad for you? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z "In just a few years, the silting up of the bay has been stopped and we have restored the possibility of an island," Macron said. New dam saved France's Mont-Saint-Michel island status, Macron says 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Pocahontas is more of a peninsula than an island, thanks to a channel of the Appomattox River that silted up more than 100 years ago. Richard Stewart kept history alive. His death leaves it in jeopardy. 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z With two-thirds of the Dutch population living below sea level, droughts can quickly become an acute problem in the Netherlands, leading to rivers silting up and hampering water traffic. Dutch government declares water shortage due to drought 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z "Slowly but surely, care provision is silting up as a result of either higher levels of demand or higher levels of sickness," he says. Care services struggle with Omicron staff-sickness spike 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z "Operationally, we needed a deeper port for ferries that wouldn't silt up," said a spokesman. What happened to Stranraer after the ferries left? 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Piers where boats used to berth are now silted up, separated from flowing water by several yards. Dying crops, spiking energy bills, showers once a week. In South America, the climate future has arrived. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z But something about it also suggests stasis, like a mysterious image that silts up and overwhelms an unfurling dream narrative. Perspective | This 20th-century painting foretold our 21st-century moment 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Port Tobacco, Maryland, once a boomtown, faded after its wharfs silted up. A secret hidden in centuries-old mud reveals a new way to save polluted rivers 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Malacca’s port, once one of the richest on earth, silted up, and the city became a historical footnote. 500 Years Ago, This Port Linked East to West. Its Fate Was to Fade Away. 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Their soil is silting up rivers – and they’re losing their growing matter. Huge knowledge gap over health of soil 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, it fell into disrepair, becoming silted up from falling leaves and rotting tree roots. The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z But something about it also suggests stasis, like a mysterious image that silts up and overwhelms an unfurling dream narrative. Perspective | This 20th-century painting foretold our 21st-century moment 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z They boated the 46 miles from Stourport-on-Severn to Stafford frequently to stop the waterway silting up, getting stuck under bridges and hauling filthy rubbish as they went. Women who saved canals celebrated 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z By the 1990s, the mouth of Murray at the end of the river system silted up. When the river runs dry: the Australian towns facing heatwave and drought 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Business leaders are triggering contingency plans to cope with additional checks on the post-Brexit UK-EU border they fear will clog ports, silt up the arteries of trade and dislocate supply chains in Europe and beyond. Brexit: Where will the UK end up: fudge, no-deal exit or halting... 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z There is nothing to prevent soil from washing away and silting up reservoirs and fish streams. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Business chiefs and investors fear leaving the EU without an approved deal would silt up the arteries of trade, spook financial markets and dislocate supply chains for the world’s fifth-largest economy. UK, European officials discussing possible Brexit delay: Telegraph 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Business leaders fear additional checks on the post-Brexit UK-EU border will clog ports, silt up the arteries of trade and dislocate supply chains across Europe and beyond. 100 days to Brexit, businesses warn UK of no-deal abyss 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But many business chiefs and investors fear a chaotic Brexit that they say would weaken the West, spook financial markets and silt up the arteries of trade. Reversal of Brexit more likely after May defeats - JP Morgan 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Many business chiefs and investors fear politics could scupper an agreement, thrusting the economy into a no-deal Brexit that they say would weaken the West, spook financial markets and silt up the arteries of trade. UK PM May vows to stick to Brexit deal as opponents seek formal... 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Much of it was silted up, preserving and hiding many treasures, some of which are now on display in the abbey itself. Public 'go down drain' at abbey passage 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z But Malacca’s port silted up centuries ago and is now a backwater. ‘We Cannot Afford This’: Malaysia Pushes Back Against China’s Vision 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z There is deep concern in boardrooms about the prospect of Britain leaving the bloc without a deal, or with a deal that would silt up the arteries of trade. Britain's car industry cautions - No-deal Brexit is our nightmare 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The canals silt up, and farmers no longer meet and work together to repair them. The global south is rich in sustainability lessons that students deserve to hear 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z "If, within the next 2 or 3 years, they do not do TRM upstream, the river will be silted up completely," Mutahara says. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors announced the ruling in a statement that said the electricity transmission lines and a bauxite pipeline damaged soil and silted up rivers in the Moju “quilombola” territory in the northeast of Pará state. Brazilian miner Vale ordered to repair environmental damage 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z It was generally, the report concluded, caused by "the growing occupation of floodplains, increased runoff from hard surfaces, inadequate waste management and silted up drainage" - all factors said to contribute to the problem in Freetown. Freetown: A disaster waiting to happen? - BBC News 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z “All this was silted up, and you couldn’t see anywhere,” said Mr. Blonsky, pointing to the refurbished shoreline with the pride of a general contractor. With 843 Acres Buffed, Central Park Leader Will Step Down 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Crews found the vehicle about 30 feet underwater, but Cobb said they couldn’t retrieve it because “it’s buried in silt up to the doors.” Officials: 2 people in vehicle in frigid Chicago-area pond 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z A decade ago, during tunneling for a major new railway connecting the city’s European and Asian sides, workers discovered a silted up harbor at a hub called Yenikapi. Discovering Istanbul's Big New Digs 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Federal prosecutors announced the ruling in a statement that said the electricity transmission lines and a bauxite pipeline damaged soil and silted up rivers in the Moju “quilombola” territory in the northeast of Pará state. Brazilian miner Vale ordered to repair environmental damage 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Whenever a head gate silted up, a cut was made around it. California Runs Dry 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Prior to 2012—the same year the wildlife sanctuaries were established for the dolphins—oil carriers used a different channel, but it became silted up. Officials scramble to respond to Bangladesh oil spill 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Logging practices in the late 1800s and early 1900s led to the river becoming silted up and log jammed, which contributed to flooding, according to a 1936 report by the Mississippi Planning Commission. MDOT to extend Homochitto River bridge 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Streets turned into cascades of mud, homes were ruined and cars silted up with floodwaters as the government struggled to reach remote villages left helpless by the storms. Mexico scours for dozens missing amid floods as storms abate 2013-09-20T14:50:00Z The stresses began with the Gold Rush of 1849, which silted up the waterways. Could California’s salmon make a comeback? 2013-06-02T12:00:00Z As long as erosion doesn't silt up the reservoir, cutting trees should actually improve electricity generation. Study of Controversial Dam Reveals Hidden Dependence on Rainforest 2013-05-15T18:30:00Z The Yellow River picks up huge amounts of this yellow earth and so you get the river silting up and it will occasionally burst its banks. The unresolved history that shapes China's future 2012-10-18T23:21:29Z When the Mississippi is low, the flow slows and sediment settles, causing the river to silt up and obstructions to form, said James T. Pogue, a spokesman for the corps in Memphis. In Midst of a Drought, Trying to Keep Cargo Moving on the Mississippi 2012-08-20T00:44:13Z For often the rush of flood waters either carried away the embankments, or the reservoirs they created quickly silted up, or the porousness of the subsoil could not be entirely combated 155 by "puddling." Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Objections ranged from the destruction of rare species to the flooding of historic towns and displacement of millions of people, to concerns that it would quickly silt up and lose its efficiency in generating power. China to Flood Nature Reserve with Latest Yangtze Dam 2012-03-29T17:45:00.203Z It stands in the present district of Minab, several miles from the sea, and on a creek which communicates with the Minab river, but is partially silted up and not now accessible for vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Like other deltaic distributaries, they are subject to sudden changes in their channels, and to constant silting up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z About 1395 this channel began to show signs of silting up, and during the next hundred years the process proved rapid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Such stream as was left, scarcely more than that of the Nene, could not, at the ebb, scour out the channel through the sands which the flood-tide continually tended to silt up. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Another trouble of the squatter, the silting up of his fences with leaves and dust in the hot weather, until they disappear and sheep and cattle stray over them unimpeded, is also being successfully overcome. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Here it becomes piled and massed together, till the pressure of accumulation forces it out into the main valleys, where it spreads in alluvial fans and silts up the plains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Katchal has large bays on both its west and its east sides, but they are almost entirely silted up with coral sand. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z In the 16th century the port began to dwindle in importance owing to the silting up of the Seine estuary and the rise of Havre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Now it has become so silted up as to be practically useless. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The same phenomenon has not taken place in the south, but there the estuaries have been silted up by the wash from the stream tin works. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Roman remains have been found in the vicinity; and the geological formations exhibiting the process of silting up of a former river channel are exposed in the quarries, and contain large mammalian remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Must have bin an opening then and it's got silted up. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z No one had the enterprise to prevent the silting up of the tidal waters of the Guadalquivir, and so Seville lost its importance as a busy port. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The northern haven is exposed to the full force of the south-west monsoon, and is liable to silt up during the rains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Now it is completely silted up, only a trickle of water running down through desolate morasses and flats resulting from the workings of the miners. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The harbour which Manfred commenced to build, and which in old days held the Norman fleet, lies below the Marina, but it silted up many years ago, and is now almost useless for trade. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Officials say there is a danger of flash floods caused by rivers being silted up with volcanic grit. Chile volcano ash cloud spreads 2011-06-07T11:58:22Z It had formerly a pop. of 40,000, but the silting up of the harbour has caused its decay, and its inhabitants number now about 7110. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z I think the great German traveller must have been misinformed, as there has been no silting up to account for its present shallowness. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z The silting up of the river does not now allow other than small boats and barges to reach it. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Since then, the entrance has silted up, and now nothing rides at anchor there but small yachts and fishing-boats. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Lakes, therefore, are all being slowly or more rapidly silted up, and this, of course, is most conspicuous at the points where they are entered by rivers. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z When the Wansum estuary on which it relied largely silted up in the 18th century, the port was starved of much of its business. Pfizer job losses: Anger and shock in ancient port of Sandwich 2011-02-06T00:06:15Z Here, in fact, lay some of the oldest and wealthiest towns, the sites of which have, however, been removed inland by the silting up of the shore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The openings of the burrows become silted up, leaving, however, a small aperture through which the proboscis is extruded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The manufacture of cloth had disappeared, the harbour is silted up, and there is no special local industry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Since then there has been a great deal of silting up, and also, in consequence of the west wind which has prevailed for some weeks, the water has been constantly falling. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z As a port Chester was at one time most important, but through the silting up of the Channel in the fifteenth century, it lost a considerable amount of its shipping trade. Cathedral Cities of England Its harbour was of some importance, but is now silted up, the sea having receded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" This in ancient times seems to have formed a group of islands intersected by arms of the Hypanis or Kuban and various sounds now silted up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The walls are dilapidated; plane-trees grow on the gigantic ruins of its old Byzantine citadel; and its harbour, once equally commodious and safe, is gradually becoming silted up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The sea around it has now silted up, though in the middle of the 19th century it was accessible to the light-draught ships of the British fleet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Thus the mouth of a river is silted up when its entrance into the sea is impeded by such accumulation of loose materials. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology But in recent years a change has taken place, and the blown sand has silted up the channel, with the result that this tidal area has been transformed into a brackish lake. Territory in Bird Life As a port Boston was of ancient importance, but in the 18th century the river had silted up so far as to exclude vessels exceeding about 50 tons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" This silting up began at a remote era, closing one port after another, and Sandwich rose upon their decline. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The river, on which Bremen is situated, was so heavily silted up, that sometimes in Summer, one could wade through it; no sea-going vessel could reach the town. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 Other fossil remains of this class have also been found in estuaries known to have been silted up in recent times, one example of which has been already mentioned near Lewes, in Sussex. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology It has been silted up by sand and unburied again; it has been worshipped and hated. Round the Wonderful World But the canal was also liable to silt up or become choked with water-weeds, and the care of dredging it out was that of the district governor. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters It is the most ancient of the Cinque Ports, and existed as a great harbor until about the year 1500, when it too began to silt up. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel They carry our vessels in and out of port, and, indeed, but for them many of our ports would themselves cease to exist, being silted up by the rivers running into them. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In In like manner many ships have been found preserved entire in modern strata, formed by the silting up of estuaries along the southern shores of the Baltic, especially in Pomerania. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Men were caught and choked, houses were silted up, and the whole district was buried. Round the Wonderful World They were probably marshes that have partially silted up by the yearly overflow of the streams. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Since then it has greatly declined, owing to the silting up of its harbour and the competition of Taganrog. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" They soon become silted up, and are practically solid. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 It was so far silted up in the year 1485, that an act was then obtained to build a bridge across it; and it has since become marsh land with small streams running through it. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The next moment I was awake, and found myself silting up in my tent; there was a glimmer of light through the canvas caused by the fire. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Harbors silted up, transports were wrecked by storms, British defense measures on land and sea grew more formidable, the Continental situation became more threatening. A History of Sea Power But during the paralysis of the central power in the eighteenth century the channels became silted up. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The Rhine is charged with this matter, and by it has so silted up the Lake of Constance as to abolish it for a large fraction of its length. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But for reasons already explained, there is naturally a tendency in all estuaries to silt up partially, since eddies, and backwaters, and points where opposing streams meet, are very numerous, and constantly change their position. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology "Lord," said the steersman, one Ebibi, "there are many banks hereabout, large sands, which silt up in a night, therefore we must make a passage for the puc-a-puc, by going from shore to shore." Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country At the place indicated, however, the channel for about 400 feet has silted up some 18 inches. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 Does the reader know this ancient seaport, with its decayed shipping and mouldering wharves, its silted up harbor and idle custom-house, where Hawthorne served three years as surveyor of the port? Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman Many parts of the river-bed were silted up by the action of wind and water on to the great overhanging sandstone mountain, enormous landslips in some places blocking up the river and changing its course. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta The Mobile River, forty miles long, and formed by the Alabama and Tombigby, is but the estuary at the head of Mobile Bay, silted up with detritus by the entering streams. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War But in fulness of time the estuary of the Cull silted up, and a bar formed at the harbour mouth; so that sea-borne commerce was driven to seek other havens. The Nebuly Coat In some places the Brisbane River had silted up to such an extent that there were fully 18 inches less water than before the flood. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 The first hour that the sap begins to withdraw, and the leaf-stalk begins to silt up, the leaf's fate is sealed: there is never a moment's reversal of the decision. Parables of the Cross This part of the town was encircled by a moat still full of water, and in the centre, still connected with the sea, but almost silted up, is a tiny harbour. Southern Arabia “It has silted up considerably, even in my time, in spite of continual dredging.” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel On its convex side the stream is rapid and deep, and scours away the bank; on its concave side it is slower, shallower, and tends to become silted up. Lessons on Soil The dredged channel has stood remarkably well; only a slight silting up has been recently reported near the third pile. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 If you picked off one of the dead leaves and examined the leaf-stalk through a microscope, you would find that the old channel is silted up by a barrier invisible to the naked eye. Parables of the Cross Great banks of sand 20 feet high line the river-beds, and wash away with the heavy rains, which contribute to the silting up. Southern Arabia The Laguna Madre has become dried up, however, due to the silting up of its channels. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The new river and lake were silted up and the water returned northwards. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Nearer the shore the sand has silted up, leaving it shallow, where water-parsnip and other weeds joined, as it were, the verge of the grass and the stream. Nature Near London The mounds and hillocks on either side, beginning with the Akromasi and Kabudwe mounds, near the mouth, are evidently parts of an ancient archipelago built by the mangrove and silted up to mainland. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Rivers in the Middle Ages were far more used as means of communication than to-day, and many streams now silted up and shallow were navigable according to Domesday. A Short History of English Agriculture Ferdinand has his best monument in the city itself, which he founded to take the place of Porto Pisano, that in the course of centuries had silted up. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition The lake, therefore, was silted up with mud and decaying vegetation, and by the same process the bed of the river was raised. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People At the mouths the mud pours out into the sea and forms fresh deposits constantly on the bottom, which are gradually silting up still newer lands to seaward. Science in Arcady Broad and shining channels get mysteriously silted up. The Art of Public Speaking The lanes became little runnels of darkness and night slowly silted up the broader streets. The Judge The mute sands that silt up the ruins of old empires are eloquent of it. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis But the river steadfastly refused to accept any channel it had not itself made, and the ditch soon silted up. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Still, the Wantsum was all this while gradually silting up, a grain at a time, and the Isle of Ruim was slowly becoming joined to the opposite mainland. Science in Arcady Bruges, however, had now ceased to be the central market and exchange of Europe, owing to the silting up of the river Zwijn. History of Holland Much filth is excreted by your sweat-pores; why let it cake on skin and underlinen, and silently silt up your thirty miles of skin canals, thus overworking the other excretory organs, and gradually poisoning yourself? Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment This shingle has silted up many a Suffolk port, but it has proved a very effectual barrier against the inroads of the sea. Vanishing England Ever since the age of the Crusades that seaport had been the chief place of arms of Palestine; but the harbour was now nearly silted up, and even the neighbouring roadstead of Hayfa was desolate. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) Already in Bede's time the Wantsum was beginning to get silted up, mainly by the muddy deposits brought down by the Stour. Science in Arcady Some say, then, that the first beginning of the change was because the sea silted up the entrances to the ancient ports, and stopped the vast commerce which was once carried on. After London Or, Wild England The sand was hard enough and offered sufficient resistance to the broad hoof of a horse, but if one stood still for a minute or so, it began gradually to silt up and bury it. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion The rumour was spread abroad, as it has been more than once since, that the Hooghly was silting up and Calcutta as a port was doomed. Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century The original Saxon town had its beginnings at Old Shoreham, but, as the harbour silted up, the importance of the new settlement under Norman rule, exceeded all other havens between Portsmouth and Rye. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End The silting up of the Wantsum and the decay of Sandwich Haven left Thanet quite out of the world, remote from all the main highroads of the new England. Science in Arcady These and the iron bridges likewise were overthrown, and presently quite disappeared, for the very foundations were covered with the sand and gravel silted up. After London Or, Wild England "Jump in, Juliet," cried their driver, addressing her with the greater abandon that she was resolved no stiffness on her part should deposit a grain to the silting up of the channel of former affection. Paul Faber, Surgeon Azov, Sea of, an opening from the Black Sea, very shallow, and gradually silting up with mud from the Don. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge It has the appearance of being rapidly silted up. Somerset Bruges stood originally on a little river, Reye, once navigable, now swallowed by canals; and the Reye flowed into the Zwin, long silted up, but then the safest harbor in the Low Countries. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Mill-dams stood longer, but, as the ponds silted up, the current flowed round and even through the mill-houses, which, going by degrees to ruin, were in some cases undermined till they fell. After London Or, Wild England At its mouth the sea has been largely silted up. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars No doubt at that time the channel was not so silted up as it is to-day. Saint Augustin The interior also is silting up so fast that it will constantly require dredging to admit boats. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I It has steadily decayed since the river that led to it got gradually silted up. The Middle Temple Murder Now is it not plain that if such trees as that sunk, their bark would be turned into lignite, and at last into coal, while their insides would be silted up with mud and sand? Town Geology Its harbour has silted up, and its once flourishing trade has dwindled to nothing. Here, There and Everywhere It is also affirmed that other channels were open in historical times which are now silted up.* The Antiquity of Man Now we entered Egypt near the Salt Lakes that are not far from the head of the Gulf, crossing the canal that the old Pharaohs had dug, which proved easy for it was silted up. The Ancient Allan On the right was the cultivable though mostly uncultivated strip, long neglected and silted up with fine sand drifted into dunes, from which scattered, scraggy dom palms and prickly mimosa bushes grew. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Now you will not wonder how old harbours so often become silted up. Town Geology The old channel is now silted up at both ends and becomes a crescentic lagoon, or oxbow lake, which fills gradually to an arc-shaped shallow depression. The Elements of Geology The strata of brick-earth, loam, and gravel exposed to view in artificial excavations in that spot, are precisely such as would be formed by the silting up of an old river channel. The Antiquity of Man There is a slight turn to the east, which might have protected a few small vessels during a northerly gale, but this portion is now silted up, and it should be cleared by dredging. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Indeed it had been dug by jackals, for the doorway and some part of the cave were entirely silted up, and it was by means of this jackal hole that the tomb had been discovered. Cleopatra The currents in the fiords in T. del Fuego in a narrow crooked part are often most violent; in other parts they seem to silt up. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 The great difficulty of the Suez canal will be the silting up of the entrance by the Nile; this would be prevented were the mud deposited in the upper country. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs But, once down, a boat is scarcely ever raised again; because, you see, the mud silts up round it and over it, and glues it, as it were, to the bottom of the river. Over the Sliprails |
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