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What is Stream bed?
A stream bed is the bottom (floor) of the stream.
Why do potholes form at the bottom of a stream?
Potholes form in the stream bottom through erosion caused by water and rocks and wildlife.
What determines whether a stream will erode its bottom or its sides?
it erodes on its bottom
What determines whether a stream erodes it bottom or its sides?
it erodes on its bottom
What determines whether a stream erodes it bottom or it sides?
it erodes on its bottom
What is an African stream bed?
Definition of Streambed: the bottom of the stream below the usual water surface.
What is a streams bed load?
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
What is the name of a salmon nest?
Salmon are born at the bottom of stream and river beds in the form of almost translucent eggs. The female Salmon will cover the eggs with gravel from the rocky stream or lakebed. The nest is called a Redd.
What do geologists investigate if they are interested in a stream's bed load?
heavy particles that move along the bottom of the stream.
What process of particles bouncing along a stream bottom?
The particles bouncing along a stream bottom is called saltation. This process involves particles being lifted and transported by the flow of water, before being dropped or settling back to the stream bottom. Saltation is common in streams with moderate flow velocities and bed roughness.
What is the name of a small natural watercourse?
A stream.
How does a stream lengthen?
A stream lengthens when downcutting occurs, downcutting is when the bottom of the stream is slowly dug out, this process will dig at the end of the river until it becomes part of the river.
