0
Its 'load' - Suspended load: All organic and inorganic material carried in moving water Dissolved load: All organic and inorganic material carried in solution by moving water Bed load: Coarse materials such as gravel, stones. These things move along the bottom of the river by rolling, or sliding.
What else can I help you with?
How can you measure the amount of sediment that a stream or river carries?
Get a giant net
What is the name given to a river or a stream that flows into a main river?
Creek
What is the name given to large stream?
Small river.
What is the name given to the rocks and particles the river carries?
Sediment load
What is load and how does it affect erosion?
Stream Load is the amount of material a stream can hold as it flows. As a stream flows it causes erosion, and this erosion is carried about as material in the stream. As too much is eroded, the extra material will fall to the bottom, or push it's way to the sides.
The amount of sediment that a river carries is its?
bedload
What is a name given to a river or stream that flows into a main river?
Creek
What is the name of a river or stream that flows into a large river?
A Tributary
What feature is created by the wearing down of soil and bedrock of a river or stream?
The wearing down of soil and bedrock of a river or stream creates a channel, which is a trough or groove formed by the flow of water. This channel path is where the river or stream flows and carries sediment downstream. Over time, erosion can widen and deepen the channel, shaping the landscape.
What is a river or a stream that flows into a larger river or stream called?
A stream or river called that flows into a larger stream or river is called a tributary.
What is discharge river a measurement of?
river discharge is when the amount of water is measured and the amount that is in the river channel, and at a given point (width,length,depth)
What is a large stream of water fed by tributaries and emptying into larger body of water?
It is called a current, or occasionally a stream (e.g. the Gulf Stream that travels along the US coast and carries warmer water to northern Europe).
