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How do streams change as they flow from mountains down to plains?
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∙ 9y ago
Depending on the topography & rainfall of any given place water will form a watercourse & be joined by others in the process of becoming a stream & then forming a river, to a lesser or greater extent. The hardness of the rocks or their porosity will also have an effect. The steeper the gradient will affect the flow of water & this in turn will affect erosion & weathering.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoSummers - rivers dry up due to the hot sun, winter - the river gets very cold and water starts freezing, monsoon - water gets muddy, due to heavy rains rivers start over flowing
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∙ 12y agobecause of the way it moves side to side and that the way that the earth is made
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∙ 9y agoThe stream slows down and spreads out on the flatter ground
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∙ 13y agoBy erosion :-) the shear force of the water alone causes a lot of it,, let alone whats carried in that water
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∙ 10y agoWater from the ocean will evaporate, forming clouds. GOOD LUCK IN PLATO!
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How do streams change as they flow mountains down to plains?
The stream slows down and spreads out on the flatter ground
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from streams and rivers that flow down mountains
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Because they are still growing.
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The geography in North Carolina is varied. There are coastal plains, the plains and the mountains. As you drive around the state, elevation goes up and down.
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Tiny remains of animals and plants in streams come from the mountains. When it rains, these remains are washed down the mountains toward the streams.
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By two tectonic plates clashing against each other, forcing them either up or down
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Centuries of erosion carried soils, water, and nutrients down from the higher slopes.
How does a river from?
I think you mean form. And it forms from rain. Rain is always not responsible for the the formation of rivers. Rivers originate from mountains and the point from which they originate is called the source. The snow in the mountain tops melts during the summer and flows down the mountains in form of small streams. As it flows down, it collects more water/snow and keeps flowing down. By the time it reaches the plains, it is filled up with lots of water, impurities, and life forms. This is how rivers are formed and other factors like rain also contribute to their formation.
Why is the soil of plains so fertile?
Plains receive eroded minerals from higher elevations, and erosion does not remove as much dead plant material as it does from hills and mountains. Precipitation tends to percolate minerals down into the soil.
How are plains are thickly populated?
the river flows down the slopes of mountains and erocle them . they carry forward the eroded material .they deposit their load consisting of stones sand and salt along their courses and in their valleys . its is from these deposits that plains are from-ed .
What best explain the significance of the continental divide?
It has no 'purpose' it is a natural occurring division. The continental divide is a line that runs down through the Rocky Mountains and on the west side of the line rivers and streams flow down toward the Pacific Ocean and on the east side of the line rivers and streams flow towards the Atlantic Ocean.
