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What are sediments deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake called?
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∙ 7y ago
it falls into the ocean and doesn't form anything
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Sediments deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake form a(n)?
it is a delta
What is the relationship between the distance from a river delta into the ocean and the size of sediments deposited on the ocean floor?
The further from the delta, the finer the sediments deposited.
Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean?
yes it is called a delta
How does Delta form?
As a river flows it picks up sediment and carries it away. When the river reaches the ocean the sediments deposited, over time a delta forms.
Most river sediments are deposited?
They are deposited at the river mouth, before it finally empties its water into the ocean.
How are ridges formed on the ocean floor?
Ocean current paths of travel, underwater volcanoes, tectonic plate movement, depends which specific ridges you are talking about.
Is an alluvial fan the same name for a delta?
No, Sediments deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a land form called a delta. An alluvial fan is a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
Is formed when sediment is deposited where a river flows into an ocean?
A "Delta".
What sediment deposited where a river flows into a ocean or lake?
A delta.
What is formed when sediment is deposited where a river flows into an ocean?
You could be thinking of a delta or abyssal plains.
How are sediments deposited along the bottom of an ocean floor according to size?
Because they are cool like dat!! =) yeh homeboy!
When a river empties into the ocean which sediments are deposited closest to the shore?
The heaviest sediments like sand, small pebbles, and other detritus drop out of the current first. Lighter sediments like like silt are carried farther out.
