Slough (disambiguation)

Slough is a town in Berkshire, England.

Slough may also refer to:

Hydrology

• Slough (hydrology), a term in hydrology referring to:
  • a stream distributary or anabranch, or in some cases, a regular stream
  • a muddy marsh (British Isles)
  • a swamp or shallow lake system with trees (Eastern and South Eastern United States)
  • a secondary channel of a river delta, without trees (Pacific coast of North America)
  • a pond, often alkaline (prairies of North America)

Place

• Slough railway station, Slough

Literature

• "Slough" (poem), by Sir John Betjeman about the town of Slough
• Slough of Despond, fictional bog originally featured in A Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Zoology

• Slough (moulting), in animals, to shed the skin or shell
• Sloughing, the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue

People

• Alan Slough (born 1947), footballer who played for Luton Town and Fulham
• John P. Slough (1829–1867), American politician and general

See also

• Sloughi, a breed of dog