Bed Load

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002927",
  "term": "Bed Load",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "Sediment particles resting on or near the channel bottom that are pushed or rolled along by the flow of water.",
    "In-stream sediment transport mode in which individual particles either roll or slide along the stream bed as a shallow, mobile layer a few particle diameters deep (the particle size depends on the energy level of the flowing water)."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "General environmental",
    "Ecosystems"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/bed-load/"
}