Suspended sediment concentrations also increase northwards, probably because of current drift.

Waterton River has relatively reduced sediment concentrations due to the lakes and the reservoir acting as a sediment-settling trap.

A maximum daily mean of sediment concentration of 41,700 mg/L was recorded on July 25, 2008.

Because of its large sediment concentrations, the Missouri does not support many aquatic invertebrates.

The colours reflect varying sediment concentrations in the water which arise as a result of the filtering effect of the debris.

In fresh water environments, such as lakes, the suspended sediment concentration needed to produce a hyperpycnal plume is quite low (1 kg/m3).

In the Mississippi River plume regions these same reflectance values would represent sediment concentrations that are about ten times or more higher.

The yellow river is famous for being sandy with very high sediment concentration.

A common characterization of suspended sediment concentration in a flow is given by the Rouse Profile.

This characterization works for the situation in which sediment concentration at one particular elevation above the bed can be quantified.