Sheetwash
noun
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Noun
- 1 A thin layer of unchanneled water that flows over land, for example during a storm when the ground is too saturated to absorb any more water; if it lasts long enough, such flow forms rills and then larger channels.
"[…] there is no indication that the side "stream" that covered Blue Babe with silt continued in its bed over a long period becayse the hill shows neither gullying nor markedly irregular relief. Instead, one sees evidence along the section of sheetwash events of silt removal from upslope […]"
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More examples"[…] there is no indication that the side "stream" that covered Blue Babe with silt continued in its bed over a long period becayse the hill shows neither gullying nor markedly irregular relief. Instead, one sees evidence along the section of sheetwash events of silt removal from upslope […]"
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