| Old Goa remained the colony's capital until I759, when the Mandovi River silted up. |
| Aerial surveys revealed that a small Rhine tributary had once carved an island here, and the silted channel was promptly dredged. |
| But, as the main waterways became silted up and were impoldered, the character of the city changed. |
| Local people cultivate tapioca, rice and vegetables on the heavily silted riverbed. |
| I would mix the soil in the heavily silted water of the Mekong River as a way to spread this handful of soil throughout Vietnam. |
| What was once a sluggish, silted and overgrown stream has been transformed into a gushing torrent thanks to the hard work of a conservation team. |
