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What is a lowland composed of silt sand and gravel deposited by a river at its mouth called?
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∙ 14y ago
That is called a river 'delta'.
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Eskers and kames are deposited by meltwater streams and they are composed of stratified sand and gravel?
True
What do stratified drift consist mostly of?
STRATIFIED DRIFT means predominantly unconsolidated, sorted sediment composed of layers of sand, gravel, silt or clay deposited by meltwaters from glaciers.
Young Wynding ridges of sand and gravel deposited by mouth water is called what?
Moraine.
Long winding ridges of sand and gravel deposited by mouth water is called what?
Moraine.
Which earth materials are deposited first as the water in a river slows down?
Larger particles are deposited first as a stream loses velocity. Gravel would be deposited first, since it is the largest (out of Clay, Silt, Sand, and Gravel)
Compare and contrast conglomerate with breccia?
Conglomerates are dominantly composed of rounded gravel and breccias are composed of dominantly angular gravel.
A pile of sand and gravel deposited on the inside of a meander?
a rock
In a stream channel what sediment is deposited first?
gravel sized particles
What is a ridge or mound of debris chiefly boulders gravel sand and clay?
A ridge or mound of debris chiefly composed of boulders, gravel, sand, and clay is called a moraine. Moraines are deposited by glaciers and can be found in various formations, such as lateral moraines along the sides of glaciers or terminal moraines at the end of a glacier's advance. Moraines are important features in understanding past glacial activity.
Name for a sheet of gravel deposited at the front of a moraine?
APRON If into water, a varve.
Pile of sand or gravel deposited by a stream inside the meander?
Levees and regoliths.
Can streams pick up a greater load of sand and gravel as they leave a mountain range and flow across a lowland?
yes
