bedload
See also: bed load
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editbedload (countable and uncountable, plural bedloads)
- (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[1], volume 289, number 5477, , 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.