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The 14 pages that link to Bed load, each with the reason it gives.

• Sediment transportRelated: It describes particles moving close to a riverbed rather than suspended in the water.

• Grain sizeRelated: Larger grains are commonly moved near the bed rather than kept in suspension.

• Placer depositRelated: Placer minerals travel with bedload until changing flow conditions leave them behind.

• Sediment depositionRelated: Bedload is deposited when a current can no longer move grains along the bed.

• SaltationNarrower topic: In flowing water, saltation forms part of bed-load transport.

• Fluvial geomorphologyBroader topic: Its movement sculpts bedforms and contributes to channel change.

• Abrasion (geology)Related: Bedload grains scrape and strike the bedrock as flowing water moves them.

• Cross-beddingRelated: Bedload grains climb and avalanche down migrating bedforms, constructing cross-beds.

• Suspended loadCompared with: It moves along the bed instead of remaining aloft through turbulent mixing.

• BedformRelated: Bedload grains accumulate and migrate to form many ripples and dunes.

• Point barRelated: Much of the coarse material deposited on point bars travels as bed load.

• Bedrock riverRelated: Bedload supplies abrasive tools that can wear down a bedrock channel.

• Dissolved loadCompared with: It moves as particles on the channel bed, not as dissolved material.

• Stream bedRelated: Bed load moves across the channel bottom and can build or scour bedforms.