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It is carried in solution so you can't see it but it is there and the water has a greater frce than griavity does on the silt/clay so that is how it stays up.
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The material made up of clay and bits of black soil and rock carried by the nile river and deposited in the delta is called?
Silt.
In a river what is carried by suspension?
silt
What would be carried by suspension?
Silt and clay would be carried by suspension in streams or rivers.
Clay and silt are found in what part of the river?
If the river is moving slower than ~0.01 cm/sec, then clay may be found in the river bed. If it is slower than ~0.3 cm/sec, then silt may be found. Any faster and the clay and silt would be deposited at the mouth of the river where the velocity decreases greatly.
What does silt mean?
silt means mud or clay or small rocks doposited by a river or lake
What means silt?
silt means mud or clay or small rocks doposited by a river or lake
What is soil that is carried downstream by a river called?
silt
What is the fine mud carried by rivers called?
The soil that is deposited by a river to form landforms such as river bars and river deltas is called silt. A river delta is the name of the landform that is created the mouth of a river.
What is it called when material is carried down hill into a river?
silt
When a river is carrying small particles of clay and slit the river may appear muddy?
Silt
What is carried and deposited by river systems?
silt (in ancient egypt anyway)
What is fine sand and mud carried by river in one word?
It is silt.
