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What type of energy is involved when a river moves sediment and erodes its banks?
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∙ 7y ago
It's either chemical energy,gravitational energy,potential energy,or kinetic energy.The correct answer is kinetic energy.
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What type of energy is involved when river moves sediment and erodes its banks?
kinetic energy
What is a build up of sediment deposited along the channel of a river that keeps a river inside its banks?
Levee
How is a meander created?
In a river the outside bend flows faster than the inside bend. A river carries objects (rocks, boulders, small grains of sand etc..) and the inside bend drops its load because it does not have enough energy to carry it any further. With the outside bend flowing so fast it erodes (wears away) the bank pushing it backwards creating an okbow lake. When the inside bend keeps dropping its load all of the time it looks like the whole meander has moved to the side!
What is a levee?
A levee is an embankment that helps protect the land from a floodplain. A levee is formed when floodwater deposits material on the banks of a river, which builds up over time. The embankment slowly erodes away which is making rivers and streams wider and it can sometimes create a v-shaped valley.
What is the effect of abrasion?
Abrasion is done by the waves of the sea. The waves smash against the rocks or cliffs and it erodes them away leaving either-an arch,cave,stump,stack ora bay
What type of energy is involved when a river moves sediment and erodes banks?
Kinetic energy is involved when a river moves sediment or erodes its banks.
What type of energy is involved when river moves sediment and erodes its banks?
kinetic energy
What are the main ways sediment enters a river?
On flood planes the water erodes away the banks of the river. The Eroded dirt and sediment fall into the river.
What is deposition of sediment outside the banks of a river?
Sediment
What is the difference between vertical and lateral erosion?
Vertical erosion occurs when the river erodes it's bed, causing the deepening of the bed. Laterial erosion occurs when the river erodes it's banks, causing it's channel to widen.
What is a scientific meaning of the word deposition?
the process where sediment is dropped at banks
Why is a river's shape constantly changing?
Moving water erodes the current banks, leading to new pathways to the sea.
When water from a river carrias sediment or tiny pieces of sand it leaves some of the sediment along the banks of the river this is called what?
deposition
What is result from sediment deposits?
new rocks, banks, and other sedimentary things
When water from a river carries sediment or tiny pieces of sand rock or soil it leaves some of the sediment along the banks of the riverthis process is called?
Deposition
How does a river's flow change its stream bed?
Over time, the water erodes the river's banks and river beds changing it flow pattern
What is a build up of sediment deposited along the channel of a river that keeps a river inside its banks?
Levee
