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Discribe how the speed of flowing water changes where a river bends how does this affect a rivers deposits sediment?
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What is alluvium and how is it used?
Sediment deposited by flowing water
What is water flowing over land carrying particles of sediment?
Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
What rocks are a mix of rounded pebbels and sand?
Sedimentary rocks are formed when flowing water deposits sediment. They tend to have a rounded shape, because the flowing water smooths out their shape.
What is ''alluvium ''and is it used?
Sediment deposited by flowing water
One of the main sources of sediment in flowing water?
runoff
What is the fine sediment transported within the body of flowing water?
a bedload
When particles of sediment in flowing water scrape against the streambed?
Abrasion
Are small rocks that settle out of a flowing river examples of sediment?
yes
Which sediment is the largest that could be carried by a stream flowing at a velocity of 100cmsec?
sand
What probably caused the patterns in rock?
Flowing water or wind deposits
Why your deep well water get dirty?
Deep wells are often in flowing aquifers. (imagine an underground stream) this can carry soil or sediment and it occasionally gets pumped to the surface. Also, when a well is chlorinated or shocked, the deposits will make the water dirty for a few days.
How do rivers create new landforms?
Flowing water contains sediment. Sediment eventually forms different kinds of landforms depending on where it was deposited.Erosion
