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What do you call a fertile sediment deposited by a river?
The material deposited by a river is called sediment. The bits of organic debris such as leaves and stems is detritus. Sediment includes detritus, inorganic material such as pebbles, sand, clay and other rock bits.
What is at the bottom of a river?
At the riverbed, as it is called, are pebbles, sand, stones etc
What is The bottom of a river is?
At the riverbed, as it is called, are pebbles, sand, stones etc
What is a lowland composed of silt sand and gravel deposited by a river at its mouth called?
That is called a river 'delta'.
What forms un the area where sand and mud are deposited at the mouth of a river?
The soil deposited at the mouth of a river is called silt.
What is the earth and sand deposited in the mouth of the river?
The earth and sand deposited there are called "sediments" and they build up to form what is called a "delta"; a triangular wedge shaped like the Ancient Greek letter "D" - hence "delta".
Here the river has overflowed its banks and deposited silt in the river channel?
no, its the flood plain
What do you call areas of deposited sand or silt on river bends?
sand bars
In what order are sediments deposited by running water that slows down?
Boulders-cobbles-pebbles-sand-silt-clay
Do pebbles or sand grains settle faster?
Sand grains settle faster because, pebbles require more energy within the river to keep them off the bottom.
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.
When was The Sand Pebbles created?
The Sand Pebbles was created in 1962.
