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Commonly the bed load is 10% of total suspended load.

(a) True

(b) False

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My doubt stems from Sediment Transport topic in portion Sediment Transport and Irrigation Channels Design of Irrigation Engineering

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Correct answer is (a) True

The explanation: Sometimes bed load is estimated to be in between 3 to 25% of the total suspended load, depending upon the reflexes of the sediment to forces from the sectors like physical, chemical, and biological. In between this percentage we commonly take bed load is 10% of total suspended load.

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