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What does horizontal or lateral erosion mean?
Lateral or horizontal erosion means erosion taken place on the sides of a footpath or river bank. The opposite if lateral/horizontal erosion is vertical erosion, where erosion is taken place under the river bed or the bottom of a footpath.
An example of a land feature formed by river erosion is?
An example of a land feature formed by river erosion is the oxbow lakes.
How can thermal pollution be caused by soil erosion?
Thermal pollution can be caused by soil erosion, as the sediments make the water muddy and thus increase light absorbency and thermal pollution
How does speed of water in a river affect its ability to cause erosion?
The faster the speed of water in a river the more erosion is causes. The slower the water the less amount of erosion it causes.
Why does a river turn muddy after a heavy rain?
It is primarily bcause runoff from the rain washes sediment into the river.
What makes the Mississippi river muddy?
It is erosion and the Mississippi River is carrying that soil down stream.
Why is river indus muddy?
River indus is muddy because of mud around.
Is muddy river water an element compound or a mixture?
Muddy river water is a mixture of different materials. The moving river keeps it muddy. If the water stops moving, the muddy material will precipitate and settle to the bottom.
Is muddy water a mixture a compound or an element?
Muddy river water is a mixture of different materials. The moving river keeps it muddy. If the water stops moving, the muddy material will precipitate and settle to the bottom.
Is a river water mixture or compound or element?
Muddy river water is a mixture of different materials. The moving river keeps it muddy. If the water stops moving, the muddy material will precipitate and settle to the bottom.
Is river water element or compound or mixture?
Muddy river water is a mixture of different materials. The moving river keeps it muddy. If the water stops moving, the muddy material will precipitate and settle to the bottom.
Is river water an element mixture or a compound?
Muddy river water is a mixture of different materials. The moving river keeps it muddy. If the water stops moving, the muddy material will precipitate and settle to the bottom.
What major river was known in the old days as muddy river?
mississipi mississipi missouri
What is a muddy river an example of?
suspension
How does erosion effect Mississippi River?
Erosion effects the Mississippi river by causing collapse in the banks of the river. Erosion also causes the river to change course slightly as the banks change.
What is the physical characteristics of the Ohio river?
There are little streams that join together first then become to a big one. There would be meander loops. Signs of erosion for example dirty muddy water.
When a river carries away rock particles this is known as the process of?
Erosion by moving water in a river is called fluvial erosion.
