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bedloads

bedloads is the plural 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

Questions about bedloads

What is bedloads the plural of?
Bedloads is the plural of bedload.

Words near bedloads in the dictionary

  1. Bedlington Terrier
  2. Bedlington Terriers
  3. Bedlingtonshire
  4. Bedlinog
  5. bedload
  6. bedloads
  7. bedlock
  8. bedmaker
  9. bedmakers
  10. bedmaking
  11. BEDMAS

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