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What is the name of the process that breaks large pieces of rock into small piece of sediment?
its called weathering, or erosion
What is the name for windblown sediment?
What is the name for wind blown sediment
What rock can be changed into sediment by weathering and erosion?
Any and all rock can be changed into sediment by weathering and erosion.
What is Canada's largest land form?
The Canadian Shield is the largest natural landform in Canada. It is a large piece of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
How do sedimentary rock embed organisms?
When organisms died in a river or stream of some sort, they are covered in a layer of sediment, as time gos by the sediment hardens and is covered by another layer of sediment and so on.
What is the correct order of the following sediment particles from largest to smallest?
The correct order from largest to smallest sediment particles is gravel, sand, silt, and clay.
What type of clastic sediment has the largest particle?
gravel
Which river has the worlds largest discharge of sediment?
The Ganges River ranks as the largest sediment river discharge in the world due to the elevation of the Himalayas from which it drains from. Ongoing glaciation of the region paired with the elevation work together to produce huge amounts of sediment.
Which sediment is the largest that could be carried by a stream flowing at a velocity of 100cmsec?
sand
What river has the world largest discharge of sediment?
Ganges, though there are others close, such as the Amazon.
During a flood a river drops the largest pieces of its sediment on the floodplain close to its normal channel but why?
When a stream floods, it deposits much of the sediment that it carries onto its floodplain
When sediment settles on the bottom of a lake the largest pieces of rock settle last true or false?
no
Where do streams carry the largest part of there load at?
Streams carry the largest part of their load near their source, where they have the most energy and ability to transport sediment. As streams move downstream and lose energy, they deposit sediment in the form of gravel, sand, silt, and clay.
What is the name of the process that breaks large pieces of rock into small piece of sediment?
its called weathering, or erosion
In general the largest piece of the IT budget is?
The server.
Which transport medium carries the largest particles?
The largest particles are carried by the transport medium of glaciers, which can transport rocks, boulders, and sediment over long distances.
What is the detrital sediment sizes in order from smallest to largest?
Clay, Silt, Sand, Granule, Pebble, Cobble and Boulder.
