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Ganges
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How did the physical barriers influence the development of civilization India and china?
The Ganges River carries sediment { bits of earth and sand } from the Himalayas to the northern plains. As the river passes through the plains, it leaves the rich sediment behind. As a result, the northern plains contains some of the most fertile farmland in the world.
Why is River Ganges in India a sacred river?
because it is the bigest river in India
What is the longest and widest river in India?
longest river of india is krishna widest river of india is ganges
How do sedimentary rock embed organisms?
When organisms died in a river or stream of some sort, they are covered in a layer of sediment, as time gos by the sediment hardens and is covered by another layer of sediment and so on.
What is India's main river?
yamuna river
What a delta?
A delta is a triangular deposit of sediment at the end of a river or stream. It happens when the strong current of the river slows down and deposits the sediments it has been transporting.
Which rivers carry the most sediment?
The Brahmaputra of India and Tibet carries more sediment than any river in our world, including the "Big Muddy" Mississipi, the long Nile, or the river with the largest volume, the Amazon
Flow regime refers to?
A flow regime of a river is essentially a statistical summary of how flows in a river vary over time. the amount of water and the rate of flowing water a river carries.
During the rock cycle rocks get broken apart by weathering carried along by erosion and eventually deposited in a body of water What happens next?
It depends on where the sediment is deposited. Not all sediment is deposited in a body of water. If the transport mechanism is a stream then the sediment can be deposited on the flood plain of the river or in a lake. If the sediment is deposited on the flood plain it will do two things. 1) The sediment of the flood plain will eventually lithify and 2) The river will continue to down cut and after X number of years the flood plain will no longer be subject to the flood waters of the river. At this point it is classified as a terrace (a flood plain of the past that is no longer inundated by flood water). The cycle basically starts over at this point with weathering and erosion processes breaking down and transporting the terrace sediment back into the river. If the sediment is transported to a lake, a delta will form. As the sediment is deposited in the lake the main channel of the river will extend out into the lake, this lowers the gradient of the main channel which slows the flow of water through the channel and allows for the deposition of sediment in the channel. When the main channel fills with sediment and no longer has the ability to channel all of the water from the river, dis-tributary channels will form these dis- tributary channels migrate across the delta transporting sediment as they go. Lithification takes place in the lower layers of the delta but this lithified sediment is only subjected to erosion during very high flows that are capable of transporting the sediment that covers the lithified layers.Basically, no matter where the sediment is deposited, it is subject to the processes which weathered and transported it to its current location.Wow really? these guys are just looking for a basic answer not an essay
Why is the Betsiboka river orange?
Due to the sediment within the river. this sediment causes the river to appear orange/reddish
What is deposition of sediment outside the banks of a river?
Sediment
What is the quantity of sediment carried by a river?
sediment load
Does an old or young river deposit more sediment?
an older river deposits more sediment.
When the flow of a river slows is the sediment deposited?
Yes, when the flow of a river slows the sediment is deposited.
What is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river?
sediment load
Was ist ein Delta?
A delta is a triangular deposit of sediment at the end of a river or stream. It happens when the strong current of the river slows down and deposits the sediments it has been transporting.
Can the smaller the load a river has the more sediment it can carry?
The smaller the load a river has the more sediment it can carry is false. When the river has more energy, it is able to carry a larger load, therefore more sediment.
