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second containing sand or gravel bottoms; and (c) Wetlands. (32) "Settling Facility" means a runoff detention structure such as sediment basins or sediment. traps which detain sediment laden runoff allowing sediment to settle out. (33) "Sheet Flow" means overland. water runoff in a thin uniform layer. (34) "Slip" means landslide as defined in Item 23 of this Section. (35) "Sloughing" means a slip of downward movement of an extended layer of soil. resulting. from the undermining action of water or the earth disturbing activity of man. (36) "Soil" means unconsolidated. erodible earth material consisting of minerals and/or organics. (37) "Soil Loss" means soil moved from a site by the forces of erosion. and redeposited at another site on land. or in a body of water. (38) "Soil Stabilization" means vegetative or structural soil cover controlling erosion, and includes permanent and temporary seed, mulch, sod, pavement, etc. (39) "Stormwater Control Structure" means practices used to control accelerated stormwater runoff from development areas. (40) "Stormwater Conveyance System" means all. storm sewers, channels, streams, ponds, lakes, etc. used for conveying concentrated stormwater runoff or storing stormwater runoff. (41) "Stream" means a body of water running or flowing on the earth's surface or channel in which such flow occurs. Flow may be seasonally intermittent. (42) "Unstable Soil" means a portion of land surface or area which is prone to slipping, sluffing or landslides. (43) "Waters of the State" means all streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumula- tions of water, surface and underground., natural or artifi- cial, regardless of the depth of the strata in which under- ground water is located, which. are situated wholly or partly within, or border upon, this state, or within its jurisdic- _ tion, except those private waters which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground. waters.