What does sediment deposit?

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

Sediment will settle when the river current carrying it along reaches an area of calmness. This may result in sandbars or muddy river banks. It is also likely to settle when carried out to sea and it contributes to the ooze on the ocean floor.

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Does a glacier deposit sediment when it freezes?

Doesa glacier deposit sediment whenit freezes

How do glaciers deposit sediment?

Its deposits sediment by picking the sediment up which is called plucking.(weathering)

What causes wind to deposit sand and or other sediment?

When the wind starts to slow down it starts to deposit sand or other sediment.

What is the synonym for deposit?

bank deposit, sediment, down payment, alluviation, dethronement, sedimentation, depositary, deposition, depository, deposit, repository

What is another name for a river deposit?

Sediment.

Where do rivers and steams deposit sediment?

in a delta

When does a sediment deposit the sediment it is carrying?

When a glacier melts it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.

Does an old or young river deposit more sediment?

an older river deposits more sediment.

When do streams and rivers deposit sediment?

When their velocity decreases

When does glacier deposit the sediment itis carrying?

When it melts.

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.

How do waves deposit sediment on the coastlines?

they wash in the sand at the ocean floor that is then called "deposit" I THINK