Hydrology

• Slough (hydrology)
  Slough (hydrology)
  For other uses, see Slough .Slough , is a term in hydrology that refers to:* Slough, a stream distributary or anabranch, or in some cases, a regular stream.More localized meanings of Slough are:...
  
  , a term in hydrology
  Hydrology
  Hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the hydrologic cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability...
  
   referring to:
  • a stream distributary
    Distributary
    A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. They are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary is a tributary...
    
     or anabranch, or in some cases, a regular stream
  • a muddy marsh
    Marsh
    In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
    
     (British Isles)
  • a swamp
    Swamp
    A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...
    
     or shallow lake system with trees (Eastern and South Eastern United States)
  • a secondary channel of a river delta
    River delta
    A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river...
    
    , without trees (Pacific coast of North America)
  • a pond
    Pond
    A pond is a body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake. A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens, water features and koi ponds; all designed for aesthetic ornamentation as landscape or architectural...
    
    , often alkaline (prairies of North America)

Literature

• "Slough" (poem)
  Slough (Poem)
  "Slough" is a ten-stanza poem by Sir John Betjeman, first published in the 1937 collection Continual Dew. It was written in protest against 850 factories that were to be built in the English town of Slough. The poem caused an uproar when first published....
  
  , by Sir John Betjeman about the town of Slough
• Slough of Despond
  Slough of Despond
  The Slough of Despond is a deep bog in John Bunyan's allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, into which the character Christian sinks under the weight of his sins and his sense of guilt for them...
  
  , fictional bog originally featured in A Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Zoology

• Slough (moulting), in animals, to shed the skin or shell
• Sloughing
  Sloughing
  Sloughing may refer to the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue, such as cells of the endometrium, shed during menstruation. It may also refer to the process where necrotic surface epithelial cells are discarded from the small intestinal mucosa following various infections which may occur...
  
  , the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue

People

• Alan Slough
  Alan Slough
  Alan Peter Slough is an English-born former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League from the 1960s to 1980s, notably with Luton Town.-Career:...
  
   (born 1947), footballer who played for Luton Town and Fulham
• John P. Slough
  John P. Slough
  John Potts Slough was an American politician, lawyer, Union general during the American Civil War, and Chief Justice of New Mexico. He commanded the Union forces at the Battle of Glorieta Pass.-Early life and career:Slough was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
  
  (1829–1867), American politician and general