bedload

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noun

The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current.

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Meanings

nounbedload (countable and uncountable, plural bedloads)

plural bedloads · alternative bed load

  1. countableuncountablegeographyThe (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current.

    To more effectively measure annual sediment yield (including bedload), sample basins should ideally terminate in a reservoir to trap sediment, including bedload.

    2000 July 14, Stanley W. Trimble, Pierre Crosson, “LAND USE: U.S. Soil Erosion Rates--Myth and Reality”, in Science, volume 289, number 5477, →DOI, pages 248–250

Origin

From bed + load.

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