Sediment 17 : Usually applied to material in suspension in water or recently deposited from suspension. In the plural the word is applied to all kinds of deposits from the waters of streams, lakes, or seas
US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey USGS, Water Science Glossary of Terms, http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html (Some of this information is courtesy of the Nevada Division of Water Resources - the detailed water glossary at VA, USA 2009. http://water.nv.gov/programs/planning/dictionary/) , (ND/ Flood - Amer) {491}
