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The heavy minerals deposited where the river current slows down are called?
Minerals deposited by a river are called silt.
Western ghats are not mountains but still they are named as ghats?
A ghat is a series of steps leading down to a river. It is an Indian term. The Western Ghat mountains are actually the edge of the continental plate in the northern part of India. They are probably called Ghat because they look rather like a set of steps. The fact that they are not true mountains does not mean that they are not huge piles of rock, but that they were not formed out of the earth's crust like other mountains.
What is it called when material is carried down hill into a river?
silt
Where does the water from Victoria Falls drain into?
The Victoria Falls are located on the Zambezi River, which drains into Lake Kariba and forms the countries main hydro power source. After this the Zambesi flows into Lake Cahora Bassa in Mozambique.
What is the direction opposite of which a river flows?
The answer is... A river only flows down hill
When a river slows down what does it deposit?
It drops the material. This is called deposition :)
What continent is the gauges river located on?
The Ganges river is located in the Indian subcontinent in Asia. It is not so much a river as an open sewer with all manner of dead bodies, human waste, and debris floating down to the sea.
What is called a loop or bend in the river and another word for three down?
meander
What is a river crest?
When a river floods, its crest is the highest level the floodwaters reach. After the crest, the river level starts going down.
Where does the rivers water go when it goes down Victoria falls?
The waters continue to flow as the Zambezi river and eventually into the Indian Ocean
Where do rivers and oceans meet?
That is called the river's mouth. A delta could form there from the sediments settling there do to the river slowing down or stopping.
Sediment that leaves heavy minerals in places where the river slows down called?
estuary
