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What is the build-up of sand and mud deposits at the mouth of a river called?
sediment
How is sand deposited in beaches?
It is first deposited by rivers. Then it is carried by waves form the ocean floor to the beach.
Where is the most of the sand that is carried away from a beach deposited?
Some of it is carried up the shore and deposited higher up the beach. Some is deposited on the seabed.
A pile of sand and gravel deposited on the inside of a meander?
a rock
Barrier islands are created as a result of?
sand deposited by waves.
What forms un the area where sand and mud are deposited at the mouth of a river?
The soil deposited at the mouth of a river is called silt.
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.
What is a lowland composed of silt sand and gravel deposited by a river at its mouth called?
That is called a river 'delta'.
What is the earth and sand deposited in the mouth of the river?
The earth and sand deposited there are called "sediments" and they build up to form what is called a "delta"; a triangular wedge shaped like the Ancient Greek letter "D" - hence "delta".
What is a new land formed by sand and mud deposited at the mouth of a river?
Delta
What forms an area where sand and mud are deposited at the mouth of a river?
A Delta is formed
What is new land formed by the sand and mud deposited at the mouth of a river?
Delta
Why is there sand at a river mouth?
The river runs however long, all the while picking up sediment, sand, rocks, etc. and continue doing this for the river's length, and at the very end of the river (mouth), all of this sediment is deposited, leaivng sand at the river mouth.
What forms where sand and mud are deposited at the mouth of a river?
an alluvial fan
Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called?
Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift, sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called a spit.
What is a mound of sand that was deposited by wind?
A sand dune.
