Scour

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024881",
  "term": "Scour",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. To abrade and wear away. Used to describe the weathering away of a terrace or diversion channel or streambed. The clearing and digging action of flowing water, especially the downward erosion by stream water in sweeping away mud and silt on the outside of a meander or during flood events.\n\n2. Soil erosion when it occurs underwater, as in the case of a streambed.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Nonpoint Pollution Source from Forestry Glossary; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/scour/"
}