Usually means: Sediment transported along river bottom.
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  1. bed load: Merriam-Webster
  2. bed load: Wiktionary
  3. bed load: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. bed load: Dictionary.com
  5. Bed load: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. bed load: Encyclopedia

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Bed load)

noun:  Alternative form of bedload [(hydrology, geology) The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current.]

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