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What is bedload?

What is bedload? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) Sediment that is carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current
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Where a river is dammed up, sediment and bedload is retained and the standing water is warmed by the sun to a greater extent than running water.
Best addressed through proper design to prevent offsetting the natural erosion and bedload transport processes.
In addition to that, high quantities of bedload can result in riverbed aggradation blocking the channel and, hence, cause flooding.
Standardization of methods for the determination of bedload transport and the data collected.
Within the distributary channel the relatively static nature of the saline wedge inhibits seaward bedload transport.
Current meter measurements suggested that tidal currents were strong enough to cause bedload transport of sediment and Mya.

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