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Spanish term or phrase:	arenamiento
English translation:	silting
Entered by:	Marcela Raffo

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9:51pm Apr 16, 2006

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Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / impactos ambientales

Spanish term or phrase: arenamiento

- Alteraciones en el drenaje natural durante las etapas de construcción y operación, cambio del curso por ARENAMIENTO, problemas ocasionados por las crecientes del río: erosión de riberas, inundaciones, afectaciones de propiedad de terceros; interferencias con el uso del recurso hídrico para las obras del proyecto.

Marcela Raffo

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Questions: 10 (all closed)
Answers: 4

Peru

silting

Explanation:
creation of alluvial sandbanks that change the course of the river

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mediamatrix
Chile

Note from asker to answerer

Gracias a todos.

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +6	silting	mediamatrix
5	sanding	rhandler

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

silting

Explanation:
creation of alluvial sandbanks that change the course of the river

mediamatrix
Chile
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Gracias a todos.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Muchas gracias Mediamatrix! Excelente participaciòn! Suerte!

20 mins confidence:

sanding

Explanation:
Here's what the Webster's say (as a verb, no. 3):

sand (sand)
n.
1 loose, gritty particles of worn or disintegrated rock, varying in size from about 1/16 mm to 2 mm in diameter, usually deposited along the shores of bodies of water, in river beds, or in deserts
2 [usually pl.] a tract or area of sand; beach, etc.
3 [usually pl.] particles (of time); moments [with ref. to the sand in an hourglass]
4 [Slang] grit; courage; determination
5 the reddish-yellow color characteristic of sand
vt.
1 to sprinkle with or as with sand
2 to smooth or polish with sand, sandpaper, or other abrasive substance
3 to fill or cover with sand
4 to mix or adulterate with sand
adj.
yellowish-red

Etymology
[ME < OE, akin to Ger sand, ON sandr < IE base *bhes-, to rub off, pulverize > Gr psammos, L sabulum]

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Some examples of "sanding" as a hydrological phenomenon:

Dispatch Online - Your premier Eastern Cape news site"I've been following your comments on the Nahoon River sanding/silting up due to the dams," he writes. "My opinion is that dams could play a part but there ...
www.dispatch.co.za/2005/01/28/editoria/chiel.html

Evolution of holding water?the concept of whole segments of river sanding or silting in and screwing up the previously awesome steelie holding water is so strange. ...
www.questoutdoors.net/phpBB2/post-3509.html

rhandler
Brazil
Specializes in field
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Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: Gracias Rhandler.

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Spanish: arenamiento

English translation: silting