sediment

     

Seiment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. Sedimentation is the deposition by settling of a suspended material.

Trivia about sediment

  • An older or very tannic wine is decanted to eliminate this, also called lees
  • Like an old bottle of wine, the Indian Ocean builds up this -- some of the world's thickest at the mouth of the Ganges

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