0
Erosion.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What happens when sediments is deposited at a rivers mouth?
A delta is formed.
What is the process that changes a rock into sediments?
erosion
What usually happens to sediments when a river runs into a lake or sea?
A river carries sediment due to its high flow velocity. When a river reaches the ocean, this flow velocity is decreased and therefore not strong enough to carry the sediments farther. Thus, sediments are deposited or dumped when a river reaches an ocean or lake where the flow velocity is generally less than that of rivers.
What is the prossess where grains are pressed together by the weight of sediments above?
The process where grains are pressed together by the weight of sediments above is called compaction. It is one of the processes of lithification.
What process breaks down granite into sediment?
The process that breaks down granite into sediments is weathering.
Why do hydroelectric dams have limited lifetimes?
Rivers deposit sediments behind the dam. Eventually, the sediment fills the reservoir. When this happens, the dam can no longer produce power. This process takes 50 to 300 years, depending on the amount of material the river carries.
What is the main process that forms a beach?
Deposition. Rivers carry sediments from the land to the sea. If wave action is high, a delta will not form. Waves will spread the sediments along the coastline to create a beach.
How does sediments deepen rivers?
They don't. Sediments can make a river more shallow.
Since humans have been present the amount of sediments carried by rivers has?
Since human appeared, the amount of sediments carried by rivers has increased dramatically
What is he process that sediments are GLUED together?
the process when sediments are glued together is called sedimentation
Are there any rivers that deposit and eroded sediments?
Most rivers have eroded and Deposited sediment.
Do slow rivers carry more sediments?
yes
What is the material that is dropped from streams rivers and lakes?
Sediments.
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 process changes sediments into rock?
The process is known as lithification, involving the compaction and cementation of sediments.
What is the process by which wind picks up sediments?
Its a type of erosion, specifically Abrasion, which is a material weathering away at a soild (the rock), and since the wind carries it away, it is Erosion.
A rivers current carries sediments into the ocean. Which sediment size will most likely be deposited in deeper water farthest from the shore?
The largest sediment will end up in deeper water.This image should help
