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What is the quantity of sediment carried by a river?

sediment load


What is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river?

sediment load


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 are small rocks carried along by a river called?

sediment


What is it called when sediment cannot be carried anymore?

By a river? Deposition.


What is sediment carried by the river that collect's at the rivers mouth called?

The sediment itself is called silt, and it often is deposited at the mouth of rivers and forms a landform called a river delta.


What large boulders carried along by a river?

Large boulders and smaller rocks can be carried by a river. When rocks and sediment are displaced, it's called erosion.


What name is given to the rock material carried away by a river?

The rock material carried away by a river is called sediment.


When a river slows down as it reaches the ocean sediments carried by the river are deposited.What kind of land form is created from the sediment?

It is called a delta


What happens to a river?

Sediment and small rocks are carried down in the river and are deposited.


What is the build-up of sand and mud deposits at the mouth of a river called?

That is called a delta. Deltas form when sediment carried by the river is deposited due to reduced water flow or when it meets another body of water, causing the sediment to settle and accumulate over time.


How can large rock be transported in a river?

Large boulders and smaller rocks can be carried by a river. When rocks and sediment are displaced, it's called erosion.