Cross-Sectional Area

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006984",
  "term": "Cross-Sectional Area",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Wet area of a waterbody normal to the longitudinal component of the flow.\n\n2. The cross-sectional area of a stream or tributary stream channel is determined by multiplying the stream or tributary stream channel width by the average stream or tributary stream channel depth.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cross-sectional-area/"
}