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How was weathering and erosion helpful to the Nile River?
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How does erosion and weathering create the Kentucky cave systems?
Well, it is not weathering. It is Erosion. The river swept through the rock and deposoted the bit of rock in another area.
How does weathering and erosion affect where humans decide to built businesses and homes?
it can cause land under around houses and businesses to crumble away into a sea or river
What is definition of erosion?
erosion happens when either water or wind slowly removes soil and debris such as a meander in a river will be slowly eroded through time due to the river bank soil constantly getting battered by the water.
How does the weathering and erosion effect human?
Many cities, town and villages are either based by rivers or on the coast, any change in the rate of erosion will cause the land under and/or around houses, and businesses, to crumble away into the sea/river.
A curve in a river formed by erosion?
Meander
How sediment buildup and erosion in a meander can alter the course of a river?
As a river deposits sediment on the inside of a meander and erodes the outside of the meander, the meander migrates toward the outside edge
How does a river velocity affect its erosive ability?
A river's velocity is hugely important as erosion on the outside of a meander is solely down to this factor. This is because the river is hurling rocks (abrasion) and air bubbles into the rock face, causing it to break down quickly. The quicker the river, the more abrasion and hydraulic action will cause erosion. This means that the meander moves outwards, and causes further erosion.
What are river deposition?
when a part of a river has been through erosion and in some cases a meander has formed
Why is the sediment load in a river an indicator of the amount of weathering and erosion?
Because the bigger the load is, more weathering and erosion there is. The less of it means less of weathering and erosion.
How is a oxbow lake made?
As a river meander downstream, erosion occurs on the outside exits of each meander and deposition on the inside exit. (Erosion occurs on the outside because this is where the water is flowing fastest and hence has more energy to erode.) An oxbow lake is basically formed when the meander behind erodes faster than the one in front. This then causes the river to break through and creates a straighter segment of channel. The water diverts away from the previous meander and chooses the straighter alternative. The water in the meander has low energy so deposits its load which over time will cause the previous meander to be completely cut off from the main river and will cause an oxbow lake.
Is it erosion or weathering that widens a river's bank?
It is erosion by flowing water, especially when the river is in spate, that can widen the river's banks.
How was weathering and erosion helpful to the Nile River?
npo
How does weathering and erosion effect the amazon river?
it changes
What does river erosion cause?
River erosion causes the movement of material downstream towards the mouth, as well as the formation of several landforms including:Meanders, also causing meander migrationLevées and terracesV-shaped valleysGorgesWaterfallsI hopes this list is helpful in answering your question.
Which of the following occurs on the slower side of a river meander?
erosion flooding seems more accurate.
What lake is formed at a loop in a river that is almost a complete circle?
An Oxbow lake. It is where a Meander is cut by erosion & the consequent deposition alters the course of the river. The cut off meander forms an Oxbow.
