Usually means: Sediment transported along riverbed bottom.
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▸ noun:  (hydrology, geology) The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current.

Similar:
saltation, turbidity current, suspension, flaser, sandbed, bahada, eluvium, slud, streamflow, cover sand, more...

Opposite:
suspended load, dissolved load, wash load

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Similar:
saltation, turbidity current, suspension, flaser, sandbed, bahada, eluvium, slud, streamflow, cover sand, more...

Opposite:
suspended load, dissolved load, wash load



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