dredging
noun 2
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1DREDGING + NOUN
pollution
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1
That which is dredged up.
Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]
2
The act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.
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Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]
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Dredging, pollution and overharvesting led to the disappearance of the oysters decades ago.
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Dredging is a fishing method in which a dredge is dragged across the sea floor, either scraping or penetrating the bottom.
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