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when the flow of a river does what the sediment is deposited?
The flow of water slows enough for the silt to be deposited.
What is it called when a fast moving stream slows down and deposits sediment?
It is called deposition. It occurs as friction or gravity overcomes the force of the moving water.
When a stream slows down its competence is reduced and sediment begins to be?
Sediments begin to be Deposited. This occurs or is been experienced mostly at the river mouth, where its water enters a larger body, like the sea. (i.e. at its distributaries).
What is an example of an alluvial fan?
A good example would be the ones in Death Valley, California. An alluvial fan is basically a fan-like structure formed from the mouth of a flattened and spread out stream (it looks like a fan).
What occurs when sediment fall out of water or is set down by wind?
weathering
when a river slows down what does it do to the sediment its carrying?
As a river flow slows, the sediment starts to settle out. The water at the river's edge often has the lowest flow or movement so there will be more sedimentation.
Does deposition happen more when moving water speeds up or slows down?
When water slows down. When water slows down it no longer has the ability to carry a lot of sediment and so deposition occurs
when the flow of a river does what the sediment is deposited?
The flow of water slows enough for the silt to be deposited.
What is it called when a fast moving stream slows down and deposits sediment?
It is called deposition. It occurs as friction or gravity overcomes the force of the moving water.
Where is alluvial fan found?
An alluvial fan is a depositional feature which is formed when fast moving water comes out of a canyon, slows, and deposits the sediment it is carrying on a flat plain into a fan shaped structure.
What is the process by which sediment settling out of water or wind carrying it?
deposition
When does wind-carried sediment fall to the ground?
Wind-carried sediment falls to the ground when wind slows down or some obstacle, such as a boulder or clump of grass, traps the windblown sand and other sediment. When it comes into contact with any obstacle.
What is water flowing over land carrying particles of sediment?
Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
When a river deposits sediment and it slows down as it enters a large body of water?
delta
What happens to bits of rock when you water carrying them slows down?
erosion
Why does a delta form where the river meets the ocean?
the water slows down, causing the sediment to sink
What is islands that form at the rivers mouth as the speed of the water current slows and sediment accumulates?
Delta
