Technique: Dredging [edit]

Other Names: Dredge, Dredged, 疏浚 (Chinese), التجريف (Arabic), Dragagem (Portuguese), Dragage (French), Dragado (Spanish) All Translations
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Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location. This technique is often used to keep waterways navigable. It is also used as a way to replenish sand on some public beaches, where too much sand has been lost because of coastal erosion. Dredging is also used as a technique for fishing for certain species of edible clams and crabs, see fishing dredge. A dredge is a device for scraping or sucking the seabed, used for dredging. A dredger is a ship or boat equipped with a dredge. Sometimes in American usage a dredger is called a dredge. The process of dredging creates spoils (excess material), which are carried away from the dredged area. Dredging can produce materials for land reclamation or other purposes (usually construction-related), and has also historically played a significant role in gold mining. Dredging can create disturbance in aquatic ecosystems, often with adverse impacts.

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[edit] About Dredging

A cooking technique used to coat food with a dry ingredient prior to cooking. It involves rolling the food in a wet preparation (e.g. egg), then rolling it in a dry ingredient (e.g. flour). This process is typical in the making of breaded foods, such as fried fish.