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Why does the kosi river bring huge quantity of sediments from the upper reaches?
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What is a landform created when a river reaches a large body of water and deposits sediments?
Delta.
What is a landform created when a river reaches a large body of water and deposits sediments called?
The answer is DELTA
What process happens farther up the river to bring the sediments to the delta?
erosion
When a river slows down as it reaches the ocean sediments carried by the river are deposited.What kind of land form is created from the sediment?
It is called a delta
How does Delta form?
As a river flows it picks up sediment and carries it away. When the river reaches the ocean the sediments deposited, over time a delta forms.
What affects the amount of sediments a river can carry?
1. The quantity of water in the river. 2. The size of the river basin. 3. The course of the river 4. The shape of the river reliefs.
What river deposits the greatest amount of sediments in the ocean?
The Amazon River, by far the greatest giver of river sediments.
What usually happens to sediments when a river runs into a lake or sea?
A river carries sediment due to its high flow velocity. When a river reaches the ocean, this flow velocity is decreased and therefore not strong enough to carry the sediments farther. Thus, sediments are deposited or dumped when a river reaches an ocean or lake where the flow velocity is generally less than that of rivers.
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.
