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Sedimentation vs Siltation - What's the difference?

sedimentation | siltation |

As nouns the difference between sedimentation and siltation

is that sedimentation is the separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid while siltation is the (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.

sedimentation

English

Noun

(wikipedia sedimentation) (en noun)
  • The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid

    • Derived terms

    *sedimentation constant *sedimentation rate

    siltation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 20, author=Somini Sengupta, title=In Silt, Bangladesh Sees Potential Shield Against Sea Level Rise, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They are also heavily engineered upstream: a dam built upstream in neighboring India can critically stanch the flow of freshwater down here, increasingly the chances of salinity and siltation . }}

    See also

    *(Siltation)