Aggrading

/əˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Present participle of 'aggrade'; the ongoing process of raising land level through sediment accumulation.

Etymology

Present participle form of 'aggrade' using the standard '-ing' suffix.

Kelly Says

Climate change is affecting which rivers are 'aggrading' versus 'degrading'—dams trap sediment upstream, starving deltas downstream of the material that once built them.

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