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The amount of water a stream or river carries in a given amount of time?
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∙ 11y ago
Its 'load' - Suspended load: All organic and inorganic material carried in moving water Dissolved load: All organic and inorganic material carried in solution by moving water Bed load: Coarse materials such as gravel, stones. These things move along the bottom of the river by rolling, or sliding.
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∙ 14y ago
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How can you measure the amount of sediment that a stream or river carries?
Get a giant net
What is the name given to a river or a stream that flows into a main river?
Creek
What is the name given to large stream?
Small river.
What is the name given to the rocks and particles the river carries?
Sediment load
The amount of sediment that a river carries is its?
bedload
What is a name given to a river or stream that flows into a main river?
Creek
What is the name of a river or stream that flows into a large river?
A Tributary
What is a river or a stream that flows into a larger river or stream called?
A stream or river called that flows into a larger stream or river is called a tributary.
What is discharge river a measurement of?
river discharge is when the amount of water is measured and the amount that is in the river channel, and at a given point (width,length,depth)
What is a large stream of water fed by tributaries and emptying into larger body of water?
It is called a current, or occasionally a stream (e.g. the Gulf Stream that travels along the US coast and carries warmer water to northern Europe).
What carries muddy earth but can never return to the place of birth?
The water in a creek, brook, stream or river. Another answer would be an avalanche or a mudslide.
What is a stream flows into a river?
The stream is a tributary of the river.
