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Fast-moving water can carry more sediment than slow-moving water.
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Does fast moving water carry less sediment than slow-moving water?
No. All other things being equal, fast water carries more sediment.
What is it called when a fast moving stream slows down and deposits sediment?
It is called deposition. It occurs as friction or gravity overcomes the force of the moving water.
How can you tell that the particles in a cup of water are moving slower or faster?
hot water has fast moving particles, and cold water has slow moving particles
What is an example of an alluvial fan?
A good example would be the ones in Death Valley, California. An alluvial fan is basically a fan-like structure formed from the mouth of a flattened and spread out stream (it looks like a fan).
What do alluvial fans look like?
Alluvial fans are triangular deposits of sediment called alluvium. These fans occur when fast-moving water is released from the confines of a river or stream bank and then flows over a wider plain.
Does fast moving water carry less sediment than slow-moving water?
No. All other things being equal, fast water carries more sediment.
In what ways does a river carry it's load?
Fast-moving water actually lifts sand and other, smaller sediment and carries it downstream. Water dissolves some sediment completely. Most large sediment falls to the bottom and moves by rolling and sliding.
Could a fast flowing river carry very little sediment?
Fast moving water can carry more sediment. Firstly because the potential of erosion rises with flow speed; secondly because larger grains can be transported by faster water and thirdly because the volume flow per unit time increases with flow speed. The actual amount / concentration of sediment transported by a stream is very dependent on the geology of the catchment, i.e. the amount of soft sediment available for erosion.
Do fast moving rivers carry more smaller or larger particlees of sediment?
Fast moving rivers are capable of carrying larger rock particles than slow moving rivers.
Which carries more sediment a fast moving river or a slow moving river?
Fast moving. sediment is heavy it settle out in slow water. But a river that just became slow after being fast looks like it has the most, because of all the settling going on.
What is it called when a fast moving stream slows down and deposits sediment?
It is called deposition. It occurs as friction or gravity overcomes the force of the moving water.
When a fast moving rivers slows it results in the deposition of?
Sediment
How fast does water need to flow to carry 2 mm sediment grains?
According to the findings of Hjulström, a velocity of about 10 cm/second is required to maintain transport of grains with diameter of 2 mm. About 50 cm/second are required to start moving a settled grain of that size. Note that these numbers are dependent on shape and density of the sediment. If styrofoam is your sediment the water doesn't have to flow at all to carry the grains and if you look at little gold nuggets the water has to flow significantly faster to carry the grains. This is one of the reasons why placer deposits form.
What carries more sediments a fast moving or a slow moving water?
Fast moving water.
Is wind a fast agent in erosion?
For all practical purposes, there are only three agents through which sediments are carried: wind, water, and ice. Moving water can be an extremely quick and efficient agent of erosion. Ice is not so fast. Wind lies somewhere between, for the most part only being able to carry the smaller particles of sediment.
What material would most easily be carried in suspension by a slow moving stream?
Slow moving water will carry materials like sediments off of the rocks on the river bank. Slow moving water might also carry boats for example much more easily that fast moving water.
Why would a fast flowing river have mostly sand sized particles of sediment?
Because the fast flow of water pushes the sand , to make it move, however slow moving water doesn't push over it as hard
