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thermal load meaning, thermal load definition | English Cobuild dictionary. thermal. 1 adj Thermal means relating to or caused by heat or by changes in temperature. ...thermal power stations. 2 adj Thermal streams or baths contain water which is naturally hot or warm. Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.
(from Wikimedia Commons). Stream load is a geologic term referring to the solid matter carried by a stream (Strahler and Strahler, 2006). Erosion and bed shear stress continually remove mineral material from the bed and banks of the stream channel, adding this material to the regular flow of water. The amount of solid load that a stream can carry, or stream capacity, is measured in metric tons per day, passing a given location.