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What is the total sediment load transported by a stream?
carrying power
Abrasion and carrying load containing sediment and deposition are examples of?
none of the above
Why is the water of the tsunami in japan black?
The water was most likely black because it was carrying a lot of sediment. Much of the rock in Japan is basalt, which is usually black.
Why are sediments deposited in an alluvial fan?
Alluvial fans form where water moving fast (a high energy state) and therefore carrying a lot of sediment of various sizes suddenly slows down (a low energy state) and therefore dumps most of the load it is carrying. They therefore develop where streams issue from canyons onto an adjacent valley floors.
How does erosion form deep valleys and canyons?
water erodes a canyon by carrying sediment from the rock walls down the river
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.
When does glacier deposit the sediment itis carrying?
When it melts.
What is the carrying of sediment from another place?
Erosion, specifically transportation.
What is the process by which sediment settling out of water or wind carrying it?
deposition
When does a glacier deposit the sediment it is carrying?
When a glacier melts it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.
Is a glacier deposit the sediment it is carrying?
When a glacier melts it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.
When does a glacier deposit a sediment it is carrying?
When a glacier melts it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.
What is the total sediment load transported by a stream?
carrying power
When does a glacier deposit the sediment its carrying?
When a glacier melts it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.
What term is used for glaciers picking up and carrying sediment?
erosion
What is water flowing over land carrying particles of sediment?
Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
What is the process of which sediment settles out of water of wind carrying it?
is called sedimmentation or deposition
