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What is a deep-water current containing a lot of sediment called?
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What is the process called when the waves repeatedly hit the beach and some of the sediment moves down the beach with the current?
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It's called transportation.
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What are the rock and soil deposits by streams called?
Sediment
How do glaciers deposit sediment?
Its deposits sediment by picking the sediment up which is called plucking.(weathering)
What are rocks snd soil deposited by streams called?
they are deposited by sediment
What is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river called?
sediment load
Is the water in a stream called sediment?
No, the solids the water carries is the sediment.
How does a Alluviail fan start happen?
An alluvial fan starts at just a build up of sediment at the mouth of a river. As the current moves, more and more sediment is lifted into the stream and carried until it hits a sediment deposit. As the sediment deposit gets bigger, it is exposed to the air and forms a sediment mountain. As the mountain gets bigger it forms an island in the middle of the mouth of a river. This is called an alluvial fan! Hope this was helpful!
What is the clear liquid above the sediment called?
The fluid above the sediment after centrifugation is called the supernatant.
What is the sediment called that is derived primarily from the products of weathering on the continents?
terrigenous sediment
