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What is the triangular or fan shaped deposit of sediment that forms where a river empties into an ocean or lake?
silt This trianguar deposit of sediment where a river empties into an ocean is called a delta.
What is a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river?
I believe that is from BC Science 7 and the answer is a delta.
What is an aluveal fan?
Alluvial fans usually created as flowing water interact with mountains. It is a triangle-shaped deposit of sand, gravel and smaller pieces of sediment. There is also a type of alluvial fan that can be found underwater which is the subaqueous fan.
A moraine is a cone shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave?
False
What is a piece of land that extends out into the water?
The tip of a piece of land that juts into water is called a spit, or sandspit. Often hook shaped and formed when waves hit the coastline but not complimentary to the coastline's angle, this action causes sand and sediment to drift and be deposited in a zig-zag pattern along the coast. This is called long shore drifting. Over time the repeated action/process forms a new spit.
What is the triangular or fan shaped deposit of sediment that forms where a river empties into an ocean or lake?
silt This trianguar deposit of sediment where a river empties into an ocean is called a delta.
What term is used for the triangular shaped deposit of sediment found at the mouth of a river?
delta
What is a fan-shaped sediment deposit formed at the mouth of a river called?
DELTA
What term is used for the triangular-shaped deposit of sediment sometime found at the mouth of a river?
An alluvial plain, sometimes also referred to as a fluvial plain.
What is the triangular shaped sediment accumulation?
A delta.
A triangular shaped sediment accumulation?
delta is
What is a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river?
I believe that is from BC Science 7 and the answer is a delta.
A fan-shaped mud deposit at the mouth of the Nile River?
the nile delta is a fan-shaped mud deposit at the mouth of the nile river
What is another name for a fan shaped deposit of sediment that form on dry land?
Depends on the environment and mode of deposition. I think that you're thinking of an alluvial fan.
How and where a delta is form?
A delta is when a stream or river reaches a large body of water, such as a lake or ocean or stream, it slows down. Most of the sediment drops out, forming a triangular- shaped deposit called delta.- 6th- grade :)
Are fan shaped deposits of sediment called floodplains?
ofcourse no
What is an aluveal fan?
Alluvial fans usually created as flowing water interact with mountains. It is a triangle-shaped deposit of sand, gravel and smaller pieces of sediment. There is also a type of alluvial fan that can be found underwater which is the subaqueous fan.
