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The energy of flowing water picks up and carries sediment downhill. What effect will this process most likely have on a landscape?
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Is slump a glacier?
No. A glaciers is a slowly flowing mass of ice. A slump is a form of mass wasting in which a mass of rock or sediment breaks loose from a slope and moves relatively slowly downhill as a coherent mass.
Water that flows downhill along Earths surface is called?
Runoff is the water flowing downhill across the surface of the Earth.
Is a glacier nothing more than a huge mineral flowing downhill?
yea
When particles of sediment in flowing water scrape against the streambed?
Abrasion
What is alluvium and how is it used?
Sediment deposited by flowing water
What is water flowing over land carrying particles of sediment?
Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
What is a channel along which water is continuously flowing down a slope?
A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill is a stream. A large channel in soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm is a gully.
Water flowing downhill across the surface of Earth is called?
Water flowing downhill across the surface of the Earth is called runoff.
Why does delta often form where a river meets the ocean?
Because water slows down and sediment drops to the bottom
Is slump a glacier?
No. A glaciers is a slowly flowing mass of ice. A slump is a form of mass wasting in which a mass of rock or sediment breaks loose from a slope and moves relatively slowly downhill as a coherent mass.
What is river hydraulics?
River hydraulics involves flowing water and its impact on the landscape. This includes the hydraulic characteristics of streams and rivers ranging from dam break analysis to sediment movement analysis.
What is water flowing downhill as a thin sheet called?
sheetflow
What is ''alluvium ''and is it used?
Sediment deposited by flowing water
What do you call water flowing downhill in a large channel?
It's a river
Does a lunar landscape have flowing rivers big lakes dense forests?
flowing rivers
Water that flows downhill along Earths surface is called?
Runoff is the water flowing downhill across the surface of the Earth.
One of the main sources of sediment in flowing water?
runoff
