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Why would a dam cause suspended particales to settle out of river water?
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∙ 11y ago
Because the reduced motion of the water results in a lower capacity for the water to hold particles in the water table (still water clarifies itself) due to gravity.
You may well then ask how?, or 'motion with respect to what? They are very good question, for which science does not yet have very good answers.
It seems likely that relative motion between water molecules allows heavier particles to better resist gravitational attraction by somehow increasing 'relative' buoyancy. i.e. the water may somehow be more dense when turbulent. (That is as much speculation as postulation).
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