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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.
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What factors affect a river's ability to erode and carry sediment?
The factors that affect a river's ability to erode and carry sediment would be its size, how deep it is, and how fast it is going. If it is going downhill that can also affect it.
When do streams erode sediment?
They erode sediments when it snakes back and forth across their valley. xxxJoanna
What three affect how fast a river flows and how much sediment it can erode?
A river's slope, volume of flow, and the shape of its streambed all affect how fast the river flows and how much sediment it can erode.
How does water erode a canyon?
water erodes a canyon by carrying sediment from the rock walls down the river
Why would the volume of a river affect its ability to erode sediment?
How deep it is and how fast it is going downhill that can also affect it
Which will cause more erosion a slow or fast moving river?
A fast moving river will. This is true because in a fast moving river more sediment is picked up from theedges of the stream and the bed making the riverwider and deeper. Also more rocks will be picked up eroding the other rocks.In a slow moving river less sediment will be picked up, and the river will erode slower.Therefor the river will also pick up less rocks and or smaller rocksthat wont erode the river as fast.
What does the wind do to the sediment when it hits an obstacle?
probably erode it lol
What is the sediment when it hits an obstacle such as a boulder?
It starts to erode the boulder.
When does a river devlop meanders?
As the river winds from side to side, it tends to erode the outer bank and deposit sediment on the inner bank of the bend. Over time, the meander becomes more and more curved.
What are thick masses of ice that erode rock and move sediment called?
These are glaciers.
A rivers power to erode depends on what three things?
A river's power to erode depends on a river's slope, the volume of flow, and the shape of the river.
What are the factors that allow a river to erode materials?
The slope of the river, its discharge, and the shape of the riverbed.the velocity of the water. the hardness of the mineral its trying to erode, the harder it is the longer it will take to erode.
