Interactive Animation: Sediment Transport by Streams
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What are the three types of loads carried by streams?
bed load, suspended load, dissolved load
Complete this analogy: Bouncing is to sand as suspension is to_
clay
Which of the following are part of the bed load?
gravel Sand
Complete this analogy: Sliding is to gravel as dissolution is to_____________.
ions
What is suspended load?
the fine-grained particles that travel in the water column above the stream bed
How can pieces of rock in contact with a stream bed move?
rolling, sliding, bouncing