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Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particle itself.
Sediments are most often transported by water (fluvial processes), wind (aeolian processes) and glaciers. Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples of fluvial transport and deposition, though sediment also often settles out of slow-moving or standing water in lakes and oceans. Desert sand dunes and loess are examples of aeolian transport and deposition. Glacial moraine deposits and till are ice-transported sediments.
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Do petroleum deposits form in lake and river sediments?
No.
What is it called when rock particles have been moved to other places by river?
Transportation/transported
What landform wsa most likely made by the process of depositing sediments?
A delta is a landform that is most likely made by the process of depositing sediments. Deltas are formed at the mouth of a river where the river's sediments are deposited as the river slows down and enters a larger body of water, such as a lake or an ocean. The accumulation of sediments over time creates a triangular-shaped landform with various channels and distributaries.
Describe how new rock materials can be added to a continent?
They can be added by deep-sea sediments, igneous rocks, river sediments, and terranes.
What environment would detrital sediments predominate in?
swamp, river floodplain, delta
What river deposits the greatest amount of sediments in the ocean?
The Amazon River, by far the greatest giver of river sediments.
A river system is made up of a river and its?
sediments
Where does a River erode sediment?
sediments are transported by ocean rift, streams, river currents, wind (air). they are deposited according to size. The largest sediments are deposited first. The sediments settle into the sand and are carried by the stream. Near the mouth of the stream where the water moves slowly the small sediments settle out. The larger sediments get carried by the river into the sea then the samller sediments. The sea water dissolved minerals and soak the sediments and cement together. This eventually forms sediments.
Which is the best evidence that erosion has occurred?
Sediments found in a sandbar of a river
How does sediments deepen rivers?
They don't. Sediments can make a river more shallow.
What does river deposit mean?
accumulated sediments on the bottom of the river
Sediments form a where the river meets the ocean?
The sediments are called silt or alluvium. The land formed from these sedimants where the river meets the ocean is a delta.
When a river meets an ocean why do sediments drop out?
It will drop because there is no longer a current to carry the sediments.
What are long ridges of sediments alongside the channel of a river called?
Long ridges of sediments alongside the channel of a river are called levees. They are created by the deposits which are made when a river overflows its banks.
What we called fine sand soil or mud which is carried alnog by river?
Sediment is dirt, rocks, and sand carried by a river.
What is a force is responsible for a rivers capability to move sediments?
The force that is responsible for moving sediments in a river is the current.
What is the amount of sediments deposited annually by the miss river?
tons of thousands of sediments are deposited each day
