stream bed

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• Stream bed — The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not. A stream bed is the channel bottom of a stream, river or creek; the physical confine of the normal water flow. The lateral… …   Wikipedia

• stream bed — the channel occupied or formerly occupied by a stream …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• stream bed —    The bottom of a stream covered by water [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Stream load — is a geologic term referring to the solid matter carried by a stream (Strahler and Strahler, 2006). Erosion continually removes mineral material from the bed and banks of the stream channel, adding this material to the regular flow of water. The… …   Wikipedia

• Stream gradient — is the ratio of drop in a stream per unit distance, usually expressed as feet per mile or meters per kilometer. A high gradient indicates a steep slope and rapid flow of water (ie. more ability to erode); whereas a low gradient indicates a more… …   Wikipedia

• Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i …   Wikipedia

• Bed (disambiguation) — A bed is a piece of furniture with a soft horizontal surface used primarily for sleeping.Bed may also mean:*Bed (TV), a 1995 British television show. *Bed (album), a 1998 album by Juliana Hatfield. *Bed (book), a 2007 collection of stories by Tao …   Wikipedia

• bed — Synonyms and related words: Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Japanese garden, a world without end bargain, accommodation, accommodations, alliance, alpine garden, aqueduct, arboretum, arroyo, band, base, basement, basin, basis, bassinet, bearing wall …   Moby Thesaurus

• stream terrace —    One, or a series of flat topped landforms in a stream valley that flank and are parallel to the stream channel, originally formed by a previous stream level, and representing remnants of an abandoned flood plain, stream bed, or valley floor… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• bed —   Moe, moena, moekū, kahi moe, wahi moe. See cot, sheet.    ♦ Temporary leaf and grass bed, pihaweuweu.    ♦ Bed in a grass house, ka anu a. To go to bed, moe.    ♦ To make a bed, uhi i ka moe.    ♦ Stream bed, kahua, kahena wai papakū …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• stream profile —    The elevation of the main stream bed as a function of distance from outflow …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology