bedload

See also: bed load

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bed +‎ load.

Noun

bedload (countable and uncountable, plural bedloads)

  1. (hydrology, geology) The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current.
    • 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:
      To more effectively measure annual sediment yield (including bedload), sample basins should ideally terminate in a reservoir to trap sediment, including bedload.

Coordinate terms
  • suspended load
  • wash load

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