Stream load is a geologic term referring to the solid matter carried by a stream (Strahler and Strahler, 2006). Erosion and bed shear stress continually remove mineral material from the bed and banks of the stream channel, adding this material to the regular flow of water. The amount of solid load that a stream can carry, or stream capacity, is me...
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The total amount of sediment carried by a stream at a given time.
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Refers to the material or sediment carried by a stream. In normally consists of three components: bed load (pebbles and sand which move along the stream bed without being permanently suspend in the flowing water), suspended load (silts and clays in suspension) and dissolved load (material in solution).
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