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When does wind-carried sediment fall to the ground?
Wind-carried sediment falls to the ground when wind slows down or some obstacle, such as a boulder or clump of grass, traps the windblown sand and other sediment. When it comes into contact with any obstacle.
How are seeds of a sycamore tree dispersed?
They are carried away by wind.
What is the name of the process of rocks being continually broken down and reformed?
From sediments--'lithification'. Changing from one rock into a different rock--'metamorphism'. From the cooling of magma--'igneous solidification'. The last one there (igneous solidification) is questionable. Must be a better term.
What are some positive effect of wind?
To provide power (wind mills) To cool down things To blow dust and sediment away
What is deflation hollows?
The sand in the hot deserts is lifted and carried away over long distances by the wind. A depression is formed in the area from where the sand is carried away. Such depressions are called deflation hollows.
What are the types of river sediment?
bits and pieces of rock get carried away.
What is the quantity of sediment carried by a river?
sediment load
What is it called when mountains are worn down and sediments are carried away?
When mountains are worn away by weathering and the sediment is carried away, it is called erosion. This occurs over time. Rapid erosion is possible and is known to cause landslides.
What is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river?
sediment load
How does waves cause erosion?
Waves are energy carried by the water, and this energy pounds away at rocks on the shore, eventually wearing them down. Sediment is carried back into the water by the receding waves. As the waves come to shore again, the sediment acts like sandpaper, slowly wearing away at the shoreline.
What is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river called?
sediment load
Sentence of sediment?
Sediment is the collection of particles like sand, silt, and clay that settle at the bottom of bodies of water or accumulate on land.
What is the process that happens when small pieces of sediment are carried away?
It is the process of erosion, carried out by the agents of wind, water, ice, and gravity.
What is a streams bed load?
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
What happen if too much sediment is carried away by ocean water?
Can you be more specific? Sounds like Beach Erosion which is already your answer.
What can sediment can be carried by?
Water, wind, or ice.
What is the piling up of sediment carried by erosion?
The answer is "Deposition"
