Tag: Debris

Debris /dɨˈbriː/ is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc. The singular form of debris is debris. Depending on context, debris can refer to a number of different things.
In geology, debris usually applies to the remains of geological activity including landslides, volcanic explosions, avalanches, mudflows or Glacial lake outburst floods (Jökulhlaups) and moraine, lahars, and lava eruptions. Geological debris sometimes moves in a stream called a debris flow.
In forests, coarse woody debris (CWD or CWH) refers to dead trees, left standing or fallen, and the remains of branches on the ground.
In streams and rivers, large woody debris (LWD) are the logs, sticks, branches, and other wood.
In mining, debris called attle usually consists of rock fragments which contain little or no ore.
a large place of a beach
Marine debris applies to floating garbage…