When a stream deposits sediment what can happen to the land?

Answer 1

River sediments are deposited where gravity and friction acting on the sediments overcomes the force of the moving water. Often, this is on the inner bend of a meandering river, where water speed is the slowest, or at the mouth of the river where it enters a larger body of water.

Answer 2

There are four main processes by which streams and rivers transport material:

• Traction: the sediment/fragments are rolled along the river bed
• Saltation: the sediment is bounced along the the river bed
• Suspension: tiny sediments float in the fluid of the water
• Solution: Soluble minerals are dissolved into the water and are carried in the dissolved form

Answer 3

In areas where their speed and ability to transport material is reduced. The final destination for most sediments is a basin, lake, or ocean

Answer 4

the land increases