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What is an underwater avalanche is called?

An underwater avalanche is called a turbidity current. It is a fast-moving current of sediment and water that flows down a slope on the ocean floor, resembling an avalanche in terrestrial environments. Turbidity currents can be triggered by factors such as earthquakes, underwater landslides, or excess sediment supply.


What is the process called when the waves repeatedly hit the beach and some of the sediment moves down the beach with the current?

Longshore Drift


What is the sediment a river carries called?

It's called transportation.


How did the conglomerate rock begin?

It began as an aggregat of unconsolidated sediment containing pebbles of various rock types. Upon lithification, it became the sedimentary rock called conglomerate.


The material moved by erosion is called what?

The material that is moved by erosion is called Sediment.


What is the layer of soil called that says frozen?

The layer of soil that is frozen is called permafrost. Permafrost is soil, sediment, or rock that remains at or below 0°C for at least two years, often containing ice.


What are the rock and soil deposits by streams called?

Sediment


What is windblown and fine sediment called?

The answer to that question is loess


How do glaciers deposit sediment?

Its deposits sediment by picking the sediment up which is called plucking.(weathering)


Wind transported sediment are called?

Wind transported sediment is known as "aeolian sediment."


Particles that settle from water are called what?

Particles that settle from water are called sediment.


Is the water in a stream called sediment?

No, the solids the water carries is the sediment.