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Q: Why might the flow of water and the deposits of sediment and rock that leaves behind be useful to scientists?
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Where a stream leaves a mountain range is called a?

Where a stream leaves a mountain range is called a Alluvial Fan. An Alluvial Fan is the sediment the streams leave behind as it leaves the range.


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The pool in my back yard contains a lot of leaves and sediment. This is a good sentence for the word sediment.


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How did the physical barriers influence the development of civilization India and china?

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When water from a river carries sediment or tiny pieces of sand rock or soil it leaves some of the sediment along the banks of the riverthis process is called?

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What is wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain?

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