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Formed from silt deposited by rivers that empty into the ocean?
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Which rock was most likely formed from pebble-sized sediment deposited in shallow water at an ocean shoreline?
Sedimentary rock, possibly conglomerate.
2 examples of deposition?
Here are a few examples for you to choose from:Moraine: hummocks of moraine are deposited at the snout of a glacierRiver beach: load carried by the river is deposited on the inside of a meanderDune: a wind blows sediment, which is then deposited and accumulated in a duneBeach: an ocean deposits sediment from the cliff behind or else from nearby boulders etc. in a collection of sediment, similar to the river beachDelta: the feature found at the mouth of a river formed by the final deposition of the river's loadAlso note:Drumlin: A feature formed by the reshaping of deposited materialLamination: The building up of layers of sediment to form laminae which are seen in a sedimentary rock, often sandstone.
Where are four places on the earth water can be found?
rivers, oceans, lakes, and glaciers
What is a large stream of water that flows into a lake or ocean or other body of water?
A river delta, which are usually very lush environments, like the Nile River Delta in Egypt.
Where is most of earth's water found?
Most of the world's water is in the ocean, however, a significant amount is frozen in glaciers and ice caps at the north and south poles. Only 0.3% of the earth's water is found in rivers and lakes. The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the world.
What is formed when sediment is deposited where a river flows into an ocean?
You could be thinking of a delta or abyssal plains.
Where are the biggest diamonds found?
The biggest diamonds are found in the earth, in diamond mines or as alluvial stones deposited by water in rivers and as rivers empty into the ocean.
How is sand deposited in beaches?
It is first deposited by rivers. Then it is carried by waves form the ocean floor to the beach.
What bodies of water do the four major rivers empty into?
The four bodies of water that major rivers empty to are the Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Those or some big lakes.
A forms where rivers empty into a lake or ocean?
delta
Is formed when sediment is deposited where a river flows into an ocean?
A "Delta".
What ocean does the Zambesi River empty into?
The Zambesi Rivers flows into the Indian Ocean.
In which three ways are dissolved salts deposited into the ocean?
rivers rain waves
How many rivers empty out to sea or ocean?
Most of them eventually
Smaller bodies of water that empty into ocean?
Rivers or Streams
What volume of water is deposited into the ocean from rivers in a year?
(1.5 billion metric tons)
Where does the Mediterranean empty as in what rivers flow out of it?
The Mediterranean doesn't "empty" into anything. Rivers flow INTO the Mediterranean, not out of it. It is a SEA, primarily fed by the Atlantic Ocean.
