Bedforms

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Definition of Bedforms:
Features (such as ripples, sand waves or bars) of a sandy (muddy, gravelly) seabed resulting from the interaction with currents and waves [1].
This is the common definition for Bedforms, other definitions can be discussed in the article

References

  1. ↑ CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.

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