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Vertical erosion occurs when the river erodes it's bed, causing the deepening of the bed.
Laterial erosion occurs when the river erodes it's banks, causing it's channel to widen.
Mama Claire
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∙ 11y agoVertical erosion is when a river for example erodes downwards. Lateral erosion is when it erodes sideways.
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What does horizontal or lateral erosion mean?
Lateral or horizontal erosion means erosion taken place on the sides of a footpath or river bank. The opposite if lateral/horizontal erosion is vertical erosion, where erosion is taken place under the river bed or the bottom of a footpath.
What is horizontal erosion?
Horizontal erosion is also known as lateral erosion. It is the wearing away of earth from a footpath or river bank.
What is vertical accretion?
Deposition of sediments over the top of the floodplain during flood events; produces horizontally bedded layers with varying degrees of lateral continuity
Is the San Andreas fault a right-lateral or left-lateral strike-slip fault?
It is a right- lateral fault
What are broad flat valley floors carved by wandering streams?
The broad flat valley floors that are carved out by wondering streams are called flood plain and the two methods of the streams eroding the rocks to form the flood plain are down cutting and lateral erosion.
What does horizontal or lateral erosion mean?
Lateral or horizontal erosion means erosion taken place on the sides of a footpath or river bank. The opposite if lateral/horizontal erosion is vertical erosion, where erosion is taken place under the river bed or the bottom of a footpath.
What is the difference between transverse lateral and longitudinal directions?
what is difference between lateral and longitudinal?
What is the difference between lateral and vertical gene transfer?
Lateral gene transfer is the process of genetic transfer of (mostly) resistance genes through plasmids among bacteria while vertical gene transfer is the transfer of genetic materials that are passed down from parent organism to offspring from one generation to another.
What does vertical partition do in the human body?
In general there are a number of vertical partitions: between the testicles, between the bodies of the lateral ventricles of the brain and so forth. This is also called a septum.
Why does the occupied channel width increase as you get further downstream?
This happens because in the lower course of the river, where the channel is much closer to base level, there is much more lateral erosion taking place and a lot less vertical. In the upper course, more vertical erosion takes place because the river is cutting down in an attempt to reach base level. As the river is reaching its mouth in the lower course, less vertical erosion is needed. Also because the river has a greater velocity downstream, due to more water entering the river from tributaries, there is more kinetic energy for lateral erosion to take place. This leads to more erosion in the form of abrasion, hydraulic action and cavitation which will widen the river channel.
What is difference between column and pillar?
In many cases these terms are interchangeable, but a column is usually subjected to mainly axial vertical loading, with some lateral load/moments, whilst a pillar is usually subjected mainly lateral loading (as a cantilever), with some axial vertical loading- an example of a pillar is to support retaining walls, or on the outsides of old buildings like cathedrals.
What are the routes of communication?
Lateral, Vertical and Diagonal
What is horizontal erosion?
Horizontal erosion is also known as lateral erosion. It is the wearing away of earth from a footpath or river bank.
What is the opposite of lateral move?
Lateral is sideways so vertical, up and down, would be opposite.
What is the difference between a swim bladder and a lateral line?
swim bladder helps it to move while the lateral line helps it to balance.
What is the difference between lateral area and surface area?
the formulas for lateral area dont include the figures bases. surface area does.
What are the parts of cartesian plane?
Horizontal, vertical, lateral
