English-Portuguese translations for sediment

sedimentoPor exemplo, os países têm agora de inventariar as fontes de poluição, incluindo as concentrações nos sedimentos e biota. For example, countries must now chart sources of pollution and also include concentrations in sediment and biota. A acção do tráfego marítimo e das marés, por exemplo, dá azo à libertação de substâncias poluentes do sedimento. Shipping and tidal action, for example, result in polluting substances being released from the sediment. A disseminação dos sedimentos poderia afectar a flora e a fauna marinha e ter também um impacto sobre o sector da pesca. The spread of sediment could affect the marine flora and fauna and also have an impact on the fishing industry.

A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water
To deposit material as a sediment

The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

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