#river clogging

• Silting up — The act of clogging and its result; a natural or accidental process through which a riverbed or drainage channel becomes blocked due to the massive accumulation of alluvium, silt, gravel, and woody debris transported by floods. This phenomenon causes a reduction in the flow cross-section and the silting up of the watercourse.
• Silting up — The act of silting up and its result; a lexical variant for the natural process of clogging and obstructing a riverbed or channel through the accumulation of alluvium, sediments, and plant debris. It represents the dynamic nominalization of the verb 'a agesti'.
• Silting up — A rare lexical or derivative variant for the act of silting up or clogging; the dynamic process of accumulation and natural damming of a riverbed through alluvium, fine sediments, silt, and plant debris transported by floods. This phenomenon causes a structural modification of the cross-sectional profile of the watercourse.