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bed load

bed load is the alternative form of bedload.

Meaning of bedload

Noun

bedload (countable and uncountable, plural bedloads)

  1. The (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

Forms of bed load

pluralbed loads

Questions about bed load

What is bed load the alternative form of?
Bed load is the alternative form of bedload.

Words near bed load in the dictionary

  1. bed jacket
  2. bed jackets
  3. bed key
  4. bed linen
  5. bed linens
  6. bed load
  7. bed loads
  8. bed moulding
  9. bed mouldings
  10. bed of down
  11. bed of honour

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