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TeachMeFinance.com - explain dredging dredging The term 'dredging' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' In hydrologic terms, the scooping, or suction of underwater material from a harbor, or waterway. Dredging is one form of channel modification. It is often too expensive to be practical because the dredged material must be disposed of somewhere and the stream will usually fill back up with sediment in a few years. Dredging is usually undertaken only on large rivers to maintain a navigation channel'. The term 'dredging' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' (smp) excavation or displacement of the bottom or shoreline of a water body. dredging can be accomplished with mechanical or hydraulic machines. most is done to maintain channel depths or berths for navigational purposes; other dredging is for shellfish harvesting or for cleanup of polluted sediments'. Previous 5 Terms: Drawdown (maximum) DRB DRCTN Dredge Dredge mining Next 5 Terms: drepaniform DRES DRFT Drg Coding Drift About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.