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At the mouth of a river, when emptying into a larger body of water because the water slows dramatically when it reaches a much larger body. There is also often a build up on the far sides of bends in a river for this same reason, the water slows on the curves.
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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.
When a river meets an ocean sediments drop out of the river because the river?
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When a river empties into the ocean which sediments are deposited closest to the shore?
The heaviest sediments like sand, small pebbles, and other detritus drop out of the current first. Lighter sediments like like silt are carried farther out.
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
What causes moving water to drop sediments it is carrying?
The answer is
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.
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.
