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Materials carried in a stream's water can include sediment such as sand, silt, and gravel, as well as organic matter like leaves and branches. Pollution from human activities such as trash and chemicals can also be present in a stream's water.
Eroded materials carried by wind or water are called sediment.
Alluvial soil is carried and deposited from rivers, streams, and floodplains. It is formed by the erosion and weathering of rocks and minerals upstream, which are then transported and deposited by flowing water.
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
Streams erode their channels primarily through abrasion, the mechanical wearing away of rock and sediment. They also erode through the dissolution of soluble materials in the water, such as limestone. Finally, streams can erode their channels through hydraulic action, which is the force of moving water against the channel banks.
Soil deposited by water is known as alluvium. This type of soil is typically made up of silt, clay, sand, and gravel deposits that have been carried and deposited by streams, rivers, and other bodies of water.