Slough (disambiguation)

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Slough is a town in Berkshire, England.

Slough may also refer to:

Hydrology

Slough (hydrology) is a term in hydrology that refers to:

• a stream distributary or anabranch, or in some cases, a regular stream.
• a muddy marsh in the 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
  • especially a glacial "pothole"
  • especially as found in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America

Place

• Slough railway station, Slough

Medicine

• Yellow necrotic tissue referred to as 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

Botany

• Slough sedge, the grass-like plant Carex obnupta

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
• Slew

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