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Sediment Yield

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025092

1. The amount of sediment passing a particular point in a watershed per unit of time.

2. Amount of sediment passing a particular point (e.g., discharge point of the basin) in a watershed per unit of time.

3. The quantity of sediment arriving at a specific location.

4. Sum of the soil losses from a surface minus deposition in macro-topographic depressions, at the toe of the hillslope, along field boundaries, or in terraces and channels sculpted into the hillslope.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025092
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesWatershed Protection Glossary; Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary; Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment; 40 CFR 434.80 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025092",
  "term": "Sediment Yield",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The amount of sediment passing a particular point in a watershed per unit of time.\n\n2. Amount of sediment passing a particular point (e.g., discharge point of the basin) in a watershed per unit of time.\n\n3. The quantity of sediment arriving at a specific location.\n\n4. Sum of the soil losses from a surface minus deposition in macro-topographic depressions, at the toe of the hillslope, along field boundaries, or in terraces and channels sculpted into the hillslope.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Watershed Protection Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 434.80 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sediment-yield/"
}

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