Concept information
Preferred term
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
Definition
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Bed forms are relief features initiated by the fluid motions generated downstream of small local obstacles at the bottom consisting of movable (alluvial) sediment materials.
(en)
Source: http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Bedforms_and_roughness
Created: 6/7/21
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- antidunes (en)
- gravel waves (en)
- mud banks (en)
- ploughmarks (en)
- pock marks (en)
- sandbanks (en)
- sand bars (en)
- sand patches (en)
- sand ribbons (en)
- sand ripples (en)
- sand waves (en)
- scour hollows (en)
- seachannels (en)
- sediment drifts (en)
Entry terms
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bedforms (en)
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
In other languages
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bed forms
Created: 2024-01-16T11:46:42Z
Arabic
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底形
Created: 2023-09-27T15:42:42Z
Chinese
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forme de fond
Created: 2024-01-25T14:28:29
French
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Bettform
Created: 2021-08-11T11:22:34
German
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Forme di fondo
Created: 2021-06-07T14:22:07
Italian
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русловые формы
Created: 2023-03-03T09:27:32
Russian
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формы русла
Created: 2023-03-03T09:28:39
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Forma de lecho
Created: 2024-01-25T14:30:20
Spanish
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fomu za tuta
Created: 2024-07-20T19:19:27
Swahili
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yatak formu
Created: 2021-06-17T10:59:23
Turkish