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The 17 pages that link to Sediment budget, each with the reason it gives.

• Sediment transportRelated: Budgets reveal whether a river reach or coastline is gaining or losing sediment.

• Coastal erosionRelated: Erosion occurs when sediment losses exceed inputs over time.

• Longshore driftRelated: It tracks whether longshore transport adds or removes sediment from a coastal reach.

• Loess PlateauRelated: It helps quantify how erosion control changes sediment delivery from the plateau.

• Coastal squeezeRelated: Sediment supply affects whether wetlands can build elevation as water levels rise.

• Mekong DeltaRelated: Measuring this balance helps clarify whether the delta can keep pace with erosion and subsidence.

• Sediment depositionRelated: Deposition is the storage term in a system's sediment balance.

• Beach nourishmentRelated: Nourishment adds to the beach’s sediment budget, while currents and storms remove or redistribute the added material.

• River channelRelated: A channel’s sediment balance indicates whether its bed is likely to erode or aggrade.

• Coastal geomorphologyRelated: A coast’s sediment balance helps explain whether its landforms grow or retreat.

• Coastal engineeringRelated: A project’s effects depend on whether it adds, removes, or redirects sediment.

• Fluvial processesRelated: It tracks whether fluvial systems erode, store, or export sediment over time.

• Bed loadRelated: Bed load is a distinct flux in river and coastal sediment budgets.

• Suspended loadRelated: Suspended transport forms a major pathway in river and coastal sediment budgets.

• Delta subsidenceRelated: A negative delta sediment balance leaves less material to offset compaction and erosion.

• AggradationRelated: A positive sediment balance raises the bed or depositional surface.

• Flat coastRelated: The balance between sediment sources and losses helps determine whether a flat coast builds or retreats.