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Picking up sediment and moving it to another area is called what?
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Picking up sediment and moving it to another area is known as sediment transport.
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When a sediment moving from one place to another?
Transportation
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.
Does fast moving water carry more or less sediment?
Fast-moving water can carry more sediment than slow-moving water.
Does fast moving water carry less sediment than slow-moving water?
No. All other things being equal, fast water carries more sediment.
What is moving rocks to one place to another called?
Bloody hard work!
Picking up sediment and moving it to another area is called?
Picking up sediment and moving it to another area is known as sediment transport.
What is picking up sediment and moving it to another area?
Transport.
The process of moving sediment from one place to another?
It is called erosion.
When a sediment moving from one place to another?
Transportation
What is the process of moving sediment from one place to another is?
igneos
What is the picking up and moving of rocks called?
chemical weathering
The process in which sediment is laid down is called?
Erosion is the moving of sediment from one place to another place. Deposition is the settling of particles suspended in air, ice, or water due to gravity or friction.
Sediment settles out of moving water by the process of?
Sediment settles out of the moving water by the process of.
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.
What is created as a result of the moving of rock and sediments?
The ultimate creation of moving rock and sediment is a sediment deposit. Sediment deposits can eventually lithify into sedimentary rock.
Does fast moving water carry more or less sediment?
Fast-moving water can carry more sediment than slow-moving water.
Thick layers of loose sediment moving downhill along a curved surface?
it's called a slump.
