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Tiny bits of weathered, very fine rock from the glacier are suspended in it.

The weight of the glacier grinding rocks against each other can pulverize rocks until they are almost the consistency of flour. This finely ground rock easily stays suspended in flowing water and is deposited at the mouth of the river.

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Because there might not be much sediment mixed in with the water.

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usually the sediment in them is very fine and the motion of the water makes it move thus making it cloudy

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