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Sinuosity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025670

1. A measure of the number of turns or curves in a stream expressed as the stream length (wavelength) divided by the radius of curvature.

2. The degree to which a river or stream bends.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025670
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesWatershed Protection Glossary; Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025670",
  "term": "Sinuosity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A measure of the number of turns or curves in a stream expressed as the stream length (wavelength) divided by the radius of curvature.\n\n2. The degree to which a river or stream bends.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Watershed Protection Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sinuosity/"
}

Record 25,670 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.