Sedimentbudgetar
Sedimentbudgetar, or sediment budgets, are quantitative assessments of the balance of sediment within a defined system, such as a watershed, river reach, delta, or coastal cell. They summarize how much sediment enters, leaves, and is stored over a period, providing a framework to understand landscape evolution and sediment-related processes.
Inputs include erosion of upstream and within-system sources (rock weathering, landslides, bank retreat), tributary sediment supply,
The sediment budget is often written as a mass-balance equation: dS/dt = I − O, where I is
Methods combine measurements of suspended-sediment and bedload fluxes, sediment yield estimations for watersheds, and geospatial data
Applications include river and coastal management, sediment budgeting for reservoir and habitat planning, flood-risk assessment, and