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Preferred term

sediment

Definition

  • [GEMET] Any material transported by water which will ultimately settle to the bottom after the water loses its transporting power.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • LTER EU controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

French

  • sédiment

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEu_21

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