GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -1. A stream is a body of water that flows down-slope within a restricted passageway (channel) while transporting detrital particles and dissolved substances. 2. The sediment and dissolved matter transported by the stream is called its load.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stream load is a geologic term referring to the solid matter carried by a stream (Strahler and Strahler, 2006). Erosion and bed shear stress continually remove mineral material from the bed and banks of the stream channel, adding this material to the regular flow of water.

Detailed explanation-3: -The load is the total amount of sediment being transported. There are 3 types of sediment load in the river: dissolved, suspended, and bed load. The dissolved load is made up of the solutes that are generally derived from chemical weathering of bedrock and soils.

Detailed explanation-4: -The majority of a stream’s sediment load is carried in solution (dissolved load) or in suspension. The remainder is called the bed load. Dissolved load. Earth material that has been dissolved into ions and carried in solution is the dissolved load.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bed load refers to the discharge of sediment particles which are too heavy to be suspended by the turbulent action of the flow. These particles move by rolling, sliding and skipping (“saltation”) along the stream bed.