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called a bed load its sediment that moves along the bed of a stream by rolling bouncing or sliding
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What is a streams bed load?
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
Sediment that is moved along the bottom of a stream is known as?
bed load
What is a Bed load?
A bed load is a collection of large particles of sediment which are carried along the bottom of a stream.
How do stream transport sediments?
Stream transport sediment in three ways, dissolved load, (ions in solution being carried downstream), suspended load, (suspended sediment that floats freely downstream) and bed load, (sediment that rolls or scoots along the bottom of the river).
Particles that roll and slide along the stream bed make up the of the stream?
Bed Load
What is a streams bed load?
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
Sediment that is moved along the bottom of a stream is known as?
bed load
What is a Bed load?
A bed load is a collection of large particles of sediment which are carried along the bottom of a stream.
How do stream transport sediments?
Stream transport sediment in three ways, dissolved load, (ions in solution being carried downstream), suspended load, (suspended sediment that floats freely downstream) and bed load, (sediment that rolls or scoots along the bottom of the river).
What are the three main parts of a river stream?
sediment,bank and bed
Why do boulders become smaller as they are moved down a stream bed?
sediment
What is a wash?
1. The dry bed of a stream 2. Waste water 3. The erosion of sediment or sediment that has been eroded
Particles that roll and slide along the stream bed make up the of the stream?
Bed Load
Does bed load constitute the highest percentage of the annual sediment load moved by a stream?
no
What is the difference between a stream's load and it's bed load?
The suspended load moves with the water, the bed load only moves when the river is in spate.
What is the difference between a stream's suspended load and it's bed load?
The suspended load moves with the water, the bed load only moves when the river is in spate.
What are the 3 different types of sediment loads that a stream can carry?
suspended load dissolved load bed load
