Aggradation glossary and government resources

Aggradation : accumulation of sediment in a stream channel on an alluvial fan oron a floodplain. Also applied to sediment accumulation on slopes.

[Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

aggradation
Glossary Term. aggradation Propagation; filling in or leveling by deposition.

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EPA: Term :
...aggradation. TRS Logo. The raising of the bed of a watercourse by the deposition of sediment. (Source: Office of Water: Protocol for Developing Sediment

Field Manual - Scour Critical Bridges: High-Flow Monitoring and ...
Long-term aggradation raises the streambed and degradation lowers the streambed ... Aggradation and degradation are typically not caused by the bridge,

Sugar Creek Monitoring Sites | NRCS NWMC
...but downstream and upstream measurements indicate ~1.6 feet aggradation in ... Survey measurements in June, 1968 show aggradation below and degradation

Biological Assessment - Appendix C
...that the river continued the natural process of meanders and aggradation. ... created a problem of severe aggradation in the lower Mohave Valley.

Abandoned Mines
The channel morphology and evidence of aggradation downstream of the mines ... Significant aggradation, lateral migration, and fan building were again

April 11, 1996 BABBITT RELEASES INITIAL GRAND CANYON FLOOD RESULTS ...
...hours after the start of the controlled flood, sediment aggradation began. ... Approximately 80% of the aggradation took place in the first 40 hours,

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