300 million tons of sediment each year
The Amazon River in South America.
Due to the sediment within the river. this sediment causes the river to appear orange/reddish
sediment load
an older river deposits more sediment.
Yes, when the flow of a river slows the sediment is deposited.
Actually, the larger the load a river has, the more sediment it can carry. A river's capacity to transport sediment is often determined by factors like its velocity and volume of water flow. When a river has a larger load, it can transport more sediment downstream.
sediment load
As a river gets older sediment load decreases due to the age of the river and erosion
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.
A river's slope, volume of flow, and the shape of its streambed all affect how fast the river flows and how much sediment it can erode.
On flood planes the water erodes away the banks of the river. The Eroded dirt and sediment fall into the river.
When a stream floods, it deposits much of the sediment that it carries onto its floodplain