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Tide
The periodic variation in the surface level of the oceans and of bays, gulfs, inlets,
and estuaries, caused by gravitational attraction and relative motions of the moon and
sun.
The types of tides are:
Diurnal tide
Mixed tide
Neap tide
Semidiurnal tide
Spring tide
Total-sediment load (total load)
All of the sediment in transport; that part moving as suspended load plus that moving
as bed load.
EXPLAINATION OF TOTAL LOAD
AVAILABILITY
METHOD
MODE
IN
OF
OF
STREAMBED
MEASUREMENT
TRANSPORT
WASH LOAD
MEASURED LOAD
SUSPENDED
+
+
+
BED MATERIAL LOAD
UNMEASURED LOAD
BED LOAD
TOTAL LOAD
TOTAL LOAD
TOTAL LOAD
Transition element
A special `T' shaped 5 node element which makes the transition between a one
dimensional element and a two dimensional element.
Transient Flow
Changes with time.
Transportation (sediment)
The complex processes of moving sediment particles from place to place. The
principal transporting agents are flowing water and wind.
Turbidity
Only a general definition is possible because of the wide variety of methods in use.
This term has been used as an expression of the optical properties of a sample which
causes light rays to be scattered and absorbed rather than transmitted through the
sample.
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