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A moving river of ice that carries rocks and wears away the land is called?
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a glacier
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What is the picking up and moving of rocks called?
chemical weathering
The process of moving weathered rock and soil?
The process of moving weathered rocks and soil is called WEATHERING.
What are the scratch marks on rocks from moving glaciers called?
striations, striae
Where is one most likely to find rocks that have become smooth and rounded?
River beds.
What we called fine sand soil or mud which is carried alnog by river?
Sediment is dirt, rocks, and sand carried by a river.
What is a moving river of ice that carries rocks and wearys away the land called?
Glacier
What is a river's load?
material that a river carries along E.g (stone, grass & rocks)
What is the name given to the rocks and particles the river carries?
Sediment load
Moving water that carries small particels of soil sand and gravel is called what?
Erosion-is the carrying small particles and other solids. (dirt, leaves, rocks and other particles)
How does a change?
the river current slows down it drops of rocks and gets some dissolved materal it carries on down the river two a shore
What are two processes of erosion found in rivers?
The two erosional processes found in rivers are mainly attrition and vertical hydraulic action. Attrition is where the moving river water dislodges materials like rocks on the sides of the river and carries them with the flow. Vertical hydraulic action is where moving water removes materials from the riverbed and carry it with the flow. This causes less resistant rocks to be eroded and thus forming a plunge pool, or waterfall.
Which will cause more erosion a slow or fast moving river?
A fast moving river will. This is true because in a fast moving river more sediment is picked up from theedges of the stream and the bed making the riverwider and deeper. Also more rocks will be picked up eroding the other rocks.In a slow moving river less sediment will be picked up, and the river will erode slower.Therefor the river will also pick up less rocks and or smaller rocksthat wont erode the river as fast.
How do river valleys form?
A river creates a canyon through erosion. The faster the water is moving the faster the canyon is going to be formed. The water rushes on the bottom and moves rocks as it goes along and the rocks scrape on other rocks and loosen up the soil and other rocks so it carves out a canyon.
What is the picking up and moving of rocks called?
chemical weathering
How does rivers cause erosion?
water in a river is constantly moving. Moving water will pick up sediments from the bottom of a river, and carry them with it. Water also has the power to move large rocks slowly along the bottom of a river.
What are dirt rocks or sand carried by a river called?
deposition
What are small rocks carried along by a river called?
sediment
