sediment-production rate

Sediment yield per unit of drainage area, derived by dividing the annual sediment yield by the area of the drainage basin.

Related terms:

• sediment-transport rate
• sediment-delivery ratio
• rate-of-change map
• rate of sedimentation
• Terrigenous Sediment
• sediment charge
• strain rate
• stretching rate
• sediment discharge
• relict sediment