The rivers eventually became blocked with accumulating sand and sediment as the sea level rose.

Seas, oceans and lakes accumulate sediment over time.

The basin is still gradually sinking, and still gradually accumulating sediment.

Effective surface area and geometry may change as accumulating sediment fills part of the originally constructed volume.

The majority of tidal inlets on longshore drift shores accumulate sediment in flood and ebb shoals.

A large block of ice broke off the receding ice front and was surrounded by accumulating sediment.

There are three artificial groynes had been placed at northern part of the sandspit, to accumulate sediment from longshore drift.

Grain flows occur when the windward side accumulates too much sediment, the angle of repose is reached and the sediment tumbles down.

Rapidly accumulating sandy sediment on a steep slope, in an active tectonic region, is likely to be susceptible to failure during moderately large earthquakes.

It is estimated to take approximately a century to accumulate enough sediment in the canyon head to generate a major mass failure.