Glossary beginning with S
terms for which definitions are available
- sediment
particles, especially inorganic soil particles, that settle upon stream surfaces
- sheet flow
a flow process associated with broad, shallow water movement on sloping ground surfaces that is not channelized or concentrated
- Silt
inorganic sediment particles between 3.9 and 62.5 μm in diameter; 'siltation' is the process of being covered by or embedded in silt
- sinuosity
a measure of the degree to which a stream, viewed from above, deviates from a linear path, expressed as the ratio of stream length between two points divided by the valley length, or point-to-point distance between the same two points
- species
the level of biological taxonomic classification at which living things are separated from one another by the ability to reproduce yielding fertile offspring
- SSO
Sanitary Sewer Overflow
- substrate
a surface upon which living things grow; commonly, the bottom of a stream or river
- SWMM
Storm Water Management Model