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The bedload becomes smaller when the river is flowing downstream, and the rocks also become smaller, smoother and rounder due to attrition and abrasion.
(The reason the flow slows down is because the energy of the flow decreases.)
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Particles that roll and slide along the stream bed make up the of the stream?
Bed Load
What is the difference between a stream's suspended load and it's bed load?
The suspended load moves with the water, the bed load only moves when the river is in spate.
What is a Bed load?
A bed load is a collection of large particles of sediment which are carried along the bottom of a stream.
What is the difference between a bed load and a dissolved load?
nada
What do the solid particles of a stream include?
bed load and suspended load
What affects Bed load particle size?
what is bed load particle size
Does river load size decrease?
The size of the pebble will decrease down stream because the further downstream you go the quicker the river velocity. This means there will be more abrasion against the sides and bed of the river and the friction will be greater, this wears away the river load making it decrease in size. Increase velocity means that bigger material will be picked up by the river and carried as river load. More load in the river and increased size of load will mean more attrition and the river load will keep colliding into each other smoothening and rounding their shape. Brap brap !!
What are An upward decrease in grain size in a single bed is known as?
Cross bedding
What affects friction in a river?
the gradient of the slope The channel roughness The amount and size of bed load
Is oversized an adjective?
Yes, it is. It means of larger than nominal size (oversized load, oversized bed).
Particles that roll and slide along the stream bed make up the of the stream?
Bed Load
Does the rivers velocity affect the rivers bed load shape and size?
Faster river velocities are capable of carrying greater amounts of bedload and transporting them farther and faster. The shape of the sediments of the bedload would therefore be exposed to more physical weathering which would progressively round the sediments and also decrease their size.
What is the difference between a stream's load and it's bed load?
The suspended load moves with the water, the bed load only moves when the river is in spate.
Why why does bed load change as it goes downstream?
The size of the pebble will decrease down stream because the further downstream you go the quicker the river velocity. This means there will be more abrasion against the sides and bed of the river and the friction will be greater, this wears away the river load making it decrease in size. Increase velocity means that bigger material will be picked up by the river and carried as river load. More load in the river and increased size of load will mean more attrition and the river load will keep colliding into each other smoothening and rounding their shape. Brap brap !!
What is the difference between a stream's suspended load and it's bed load?
The suspended load moves with the water, the bed load only moves when the river is in spate.
What is a Bed load?
A bed load is a collection of large particles of sediment which are carried along the bottom of a stream.
What is the difference between a bed load and a dissolve load?
nada
