Aggradation

Aggradation

The building up of deposits by rivers within channels which were forced to drop the load they are carrying. This results in bed elevation.

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The building up of the surface of land by water- borne or wind-borne material.

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The building up of deposits by rivers within channels which were forced to drop the load they are carrying. This results in bed elevation.

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Geologic process wherein streambeds, floodplains, sandbars, and the bottom of water bodies are raised in elevation by the deposition of sediment; the opposite of degradation.

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