Explore: River Sediments

fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments. It can

A river delta is a landform, archetypically triangular, created by the deposition of the sediments that are carried by the waters of a river, where the

detected in its waters. The river sediments are highly contaminated and have become a secondary source for pollution of the river water, even though some

Mineral magnetic studies of the Godavari River sediments suggest that the floodplains in the entire stretch of the river are characterized by a Deccan basalt

surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape around it, forming deltas and islands where the flow slows down. Rivers rarely run

glaciation, leading to the accumulation of Sacramento and San Joaquin River sediments behind the Carquinez Strait, the sole outlet from the Central Valley

then filled in by river sediments and lahars from Mount Rainier. After flowing generally west from its source, at Auburn the river turns north, entering

pollution contained within sediments of the Mersey estuary have been evaluated by British Geological Survey. Mersey river sediments from outer to inner estuary

component of lithogenous sediments, including sand. Biogenous sediments come from the remains of living organisms that settle out as sediment when the organisms

an abundant supply of sediments. Experiments with flumes suggest that a river becomes braided when a threshold level of sediment load or slope is reached