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What is Alluvial Soil carried and deposited from?
Alluvial soil comes from the floodplains, streams and rivers; most especially from fertile farmland. It is deposited in the delta or mouth of a river.
What is the name given to soil deposited at the mouth of a river?
The area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river is called river delta.
What is a fine grained fertile soil deposited by water?
Silt.
What is the fine soil deposited at the mouth of a river?
The soil that is deposited by a river to form landforms such as river bars and river deltas is called silt. A river delta is the name of the landform that is created the mouth of a river.
What is a deposite of fertile windblown soil called?
loess: fertile, yellow-gray soil deposited by wind and water
Water from the Nile River deposited rich fertile soil called?
silt
What is Alluvial Soil carried and deposited from?
Alluvial soil comes from the floodplains, streams and rivers; most especially from fertile farmland. It is deposited in the delta or mouth of a river.
What is the name given to soil deposited at the mouth of a river?
The area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river is called river delta.
What kind of sediment is deposited in the river delta?
Highly fertile silt. The structure of the soil particles is like sand.
What yearly event brought fertile soil for Egyptian farmers?
The yearly event was the flooding of the Nile River. As the river flooded, it deposited nutrient-rich silt onto the surrounding land, providing fertile soil for Egyptian farmers to grow their crops.
What was the result of the Nile River floods?
When the floods went down it left thick rich mud (black silt) which was excellent soil to plant in.Silt deposited by annual floods along the Nile River created the rich and fertile soil that could be cultivated.
How was farming along the nile river?
Silt deposited by annual floods along the Nile River that created the rich and fertile soil that could be cultivated.
How can a flood improve an area?
The river carries rocks from the mountains. After continuous movement, these get converted into the rich, fertile alluvial soil. When it floods, the soil gets deposited in the area which is known as floodplain. This extremely fertile soil is useful for growing crops.
What is the soil called deposited at the mouth of the river?
The soil that is deposited is called silt. The landform that is often created by deposited silt at the mouth of a river is called a river delta.
What is the area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river?
The area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river is called river delta.
What is a fine grained fertile soil deposited by water?
Silt.
What was the fine soil deposited at the mouth of a river in Egypt called?
The fine soil that was deposited at the mouth of a river in Egypt was called silt.
