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What is it called when a fast moving stream slows down and deposits sediment?
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∙ 14y ago
It is called deposition. It occurs as friction or gravity overcomes the force of the moving water.
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What do alluvial fans look like?
Alluvial fans are triangular deposits of sediment called alluvium. These fans occur when fast-moving water is released from the confines of a river or stream bank and then flows over a wider plain.
What is an example of an alluvial fan?
A good example would be the ones in Death Valley, California. An alluvial fan is basically a fan-like structure formed from the mouth of a flattened and spread out stream (it looks like a fan).
What is the total sediment load transported by a stream?
carrying power
What is a fast moving stream of particles released into space from the surface of sun?
it's called a solar wind.
Why do sediments settle to the bottom of a lake or sea?
Sediment settles on the bottom of the lake or sea ultimately because it is heavier than water. Sediment begins as dirt or fragments of rock on land. When precipitation (rain) or flooding occurs these fragments are carried along with the water to the nearest stream, river, or other water reserve. The sediment that is carried into a lake or pond then sinks to the bottom of the body of water. The sediment that finds its way into moving water is ultimately emptied into the ocean, or whichever body of standing water the river or stream flows. Once the sediment reaches the stagnant body of water it will sink to the bottom.
A fan-shaped formation that develops when a stream deposits its sediment at the base of a steep slope is called?
a delta
An area where a stream deposits sediment into a body of water?
estuary
Is the water in a stream called sediment?
No, the solids the water carries is the sediment.
What do alluvial fans look like?
Alluvial fans are triangular deposits of sediment called alluvium. These fans occur when fast-moving water is released from the confines of a river or stream bank and then flows over a wider plain.
The sediment that a stream carries is called what?
swiggityswag
During a flood a river drops the largest pieces of its sediment on the floodplain close to its normal channel but why?
When a stream floods, it deposits much of the sediment that it carries onto its floodplain
What is the load that a stream of desitemn carries called?
sediment
What is sediment that moves along the bed of a stream?
called a bed load its sediment that moves along the bed of a stream by rolling bouncing or sliding
What happens to land when a stream deposits sediment?
Normally, the profile of the land will diminish unless some counter force such as land uplift is operating.
What is a streams bed load?
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
What a delta?
A delta is a triangular deposit of sediment at the end of a river or stream. It happens when the strong current of the river slows down and deposits the sediments it has been transporting.
What is a fast moving stream called?
drift
