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Why the size of load material affects the way it is transported by a river?
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What is the materials carried by a river known as?
load
What is the most likely material to be transported as suspended load?
clay.
What is a river's load?
material that a river carries along E.g (stone, grass & rocks)
How do natural levees form?
Banks of coarse river load and other material that has been transported down river, that are made when the river floods and bedload is carried out wider then before and desposited. It is left with the river recedes creating a higher banks
How and why does the load transported by river vary?
The load in a river can be transported in 4 ways. The first is Traction. It is when rocks and boulders are rolled along the river bed by the force of the water. The second is Saltation this is when stones and pebbles are bounced along the river bed. The third is Suspension this is when fine particles like silt floot along in the water. The last is Solution which is when the material dissolves in the water. These different methods are used depending on the size of the load to be transported and the energy of the river. A river needs little energy to transport a small mineral by solution but lots of energy to transport heavy boulders it by traction.
What is a solution load?
A solution load is the matter transported by a river or stream. A solution load is dissolved in water. Hope this helps. x
What affects bed load?
The velocity and discharge volume of the stream or river.
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 affects friction in a river?
the gradient of the slope The channel roughness The amount and size of bed load
What is the small material carried within a river?
It is called suspension.
What are the 3 factors that affect a river's sediment load?
Suspended load: All organic and inorganic material carried in moving water Dissolved load: All organic and inorganic material carried in solution by moving water Bed load: Coarse materials such as gravel, stones. These things move along the bottom of the river by rolling, or sliding.
What is the total load of a stream?
Geologists commonly us the term STREAM for any body of water that flows in a channel.TOTAL LOADRivers move not only water but also a tremendous amount of material. This material, called the total load, consists of bed load, suspended load and dissolved load. Bed loadcomprises particles of sand and gravel that slide, roll, and bounce along the channel bottom in rapidly moving water. Suspended load comprises mainly silt and clay particles carried in suspension above the riverbed. Dissolved load comprises electrically charged atoms or molecules, called ions, that are carried in solution in the water
