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What is water flowing over land carrying particles of sediment?
Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
Why does a river turn muddy after a heavy rain?
It is primarily bcause runoff from the rain washes sediment into the river.
What happened to phosphorus that is carried by runoff to the oceans?
Much of this phosphate then concentrates in marine sediment. Some of the phosphate is eventually incorporated into the bodies of marine animals such as fish.
How does soil erosion affect the people and the environment?
other soils have a poor resistance to erosion. A slope can increase the affects of erosion, obviously, because it increases speed, and destruction of the runoff and sediment.
What are the two types of runoff?
Surface runoff and Subsurface runoff. Basically, above ground and below ground
What causes most sediment to wash or runoff into a river?
Rain.
One of the main sources of sediment in flowing water?
runoff
What are two sources of the sediment carried by rivers?
Mass movement and runoff.
The main ways sediment enters a river are mass movement and?
Runoff
What is water flowing over land carrying particles of sediment?
Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
Why is sediment deposited in coastal areas?
The sediment is washed into the sea by runoff from the land, especially by rivers and streams. Most of this sediment does not travel very far offshore before settling.
What occurs when a mass of rock or sediment moves downhill leaving a curved scar?
RUNOFF
What is the process in which a stream is made?
First the water will rain down, causing runoff, and the runoff water will carry dirt and sediment with it, causing a stream to form overtime as the runoff trail keeps on indenting into the ground.
How does a river collect sediments?
Most sediment washes or falls into the river as a result of mass movement and runoff. Other sediment erodes from the bottom or sides of the river
Why does a river turn muddy after a heavy rain?
It is primarily bcause runoff from the rain washes sediment into the river.
Glacial runoff and what else provides water to the large rivers of India?
Runoff from rain and runoff from melting snow (which is NOT the same as glacial runoff).
What does runoff mean in the watercycle?
the runoff means's the same thing as ground water
