Load

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015934",
  "term": "Load",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The amount of a type of pollution that the Bay and its tributaries receive.\n\n2. The total amount of pollutants entering a waterbody from one or multiple sources, measured as a rate, as in weight per unit time or per unit area.\n\n3. The quantity of sediment transported by a current. It includes the suspended load of small particles and the bedload of large particles that move along the bottom.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads Glossary; DWMAPS Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/load/"
}