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What is Stream bed?
A stream bed is the bottom (floor) of the stream.
What is a streams bed load?
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
Why do potholes form at the bottom of a stream?
Potholes form in the stream bottom through erosion caused by water and rocks and wildlife.
What determines whether a stream will erode its bottom or its sides?
it erodes on its bottom
What determines whether a stream erodes it bottom or its sides?
it erodes on its bottom
What determines whether a stream erodes it bottom or it sides?
it erodes on its bottom
What is an African stream bed?
Definition of Streambed: the bottom of the stream below the usual water surface.
What is the name of a salmon nest?
Salmon are born at the bottom of stream and river beds in the form of almost translucent eggs. The female Salmon will cover the eggs with gravel from the rocky stream or lakebed. The nest is called a Redd.
What do geologists investigate if they are interested in a stream's bed load?
heavy particles that move along the bottom of the stream.
Which event is the best example of erosion?
the deepening of a stream bed by pebbles rolling along the bottom of the stream
Why does a stream bottom erode more deeply when its water level rises in a flood?
The stream bottom erodes more deeply when its water level rises in a flood; therefore, the more volume and sediments water carries along, the more bottom of a stream is being eroded away thus it deeper.
What is the largest part of a streams load?
Along the stream's bottom
