Friday, October 21, 2011

Rate of Flow 10.21.2011

 How is a stream's rate of flow related to the amount of erosion it causes?  How is it related to the size of the sediments it deposits?

74 comments:

Kyle M1 said...

the erosion would happen faster because the river is young and fast. the river would drop small sedements.

Sarah L said...

the erosion would need to be fast because its a young river and will drop small sediments :D

Oja, Noah said...

the faster the flow is, the more erosion it causes.

Collin.S said...

The more erosion there is the faster the river goes.

jasmine M. said...

it can erode faster because the water pressure is higher and it would drop less sedament because its smaller

JordanF said...

it will cause more erosion because it is fast when it is young, but it will pick up smaller rocks because it is so small

emile w said...

The amount of rocks that displace water influences the water speed because the the more water that has no where to go and has to find a place by going down hill

Serena M(: said...

it will cause more erosion only if it flows faster. (:

Rand N. said...

It is related because the river hits the rock hard and rips it up. The size of the sediments is small because the rock is in many pieces.

Aleha C :D said...

faster the speed of the flow the less sedaments their will be.
i think.......

Alexis F. said...

Because the river is a young river so if all the rocks and sediments move slow and if the are smaller is goes faster. It depends on how big the things are for how fast the river will flow.

kaylee m. said...

2. If the rocks and sediment in the river are bigger it goes slower and if its smaller it goes faster

Nate B. said...

Erosion would happen faster because the river is faster
it would drop small sediments

Kyle M2 said...

The faster the river goes the more erosion that occurs.

Brian B said...

The faster it flows creates more erosion.It is related to the size of the sediment it drops depends on the river size.

Dominique F said...

If all the rocks are bigger its slower and if the rocks are smaller it goes faster.

alexander p said...

Well if it was a big stream it would carry larger rocks and if the stream is small then it would carry smaller pebbles or rocks.Also the river is young so it is fast so the erosion would be faster.

molly m said...

The erosion would be faster because it looks like a young river because it has pretty new trees and big rocks.
If the rocks are big that means that they haven broken down yet that shows that the river is young.

Nicole c. said...

If it was a Old river it would cause less erosion because it is moving slower, if it was a young river or a new river it would cause more erosion because it is going faster.It is related to the size of sediments and deposits because the young river would drop small sediments because it is moving faster.

SammyG said...

the erosion would break away the sediments faster because it is younger and moves faster. the faster the water moves, the bigger the sediments it erodes.

Jewel C said...

when the rivers speed increases it causes more erosion

joshua t :] said...

If it was a Old river it would cause less erosion because it is moving slower, if it was a young river or a new river it would cause more erosion because it is going faster.It is related to the size of sediments and deposits because the young river would drop small sediments because it is moving faster.

Maddie C said...

The faster the water flows creates more erosion.

Dillon M said...

he erosion would happen faster because the river is young the river would drop small sedements.

Kiyah said...... said...

The more erosion there is the faster the river goes.

Dale B. said said...

If it was a Old river it would cause less erosion because it is moving slower, if it was a young river or a new river it would cause more erosion because it is going faster.It is related to the size of sediments and deposits because the young river would drop small sediments because it is moving faster.

Stevey A said...

Erosion would happen faster because the river is faster it would drop small sediments

Hannah N :D said...

The faster the water moves it creates more erosion into the river making out a young river stream.

Sabrina D:) said...

The faster it goes more erosion happens.

Anonymous said...

Emily M ~

If the river is faster the erosion would come faster than a slower river

Emily G. :-) said...

The faster the water flows, it will create more erosion.

Emily W said...

The Erosion would break away the sediment faster because the stream is moving very fast.

Bayli L. (: said...

The erosion would depend on how fast its going.

Maddi H said...

This question isn't very understandable to me.I just know that the picture of the stream is really pretty.

Julia M said...

it will cause more erosion because it is fast when it is young, but it will pick up smaller rocks because it is so small

kyleL said...

Because the river is a young river so if all the rocks and sediments move slow and if the are smaller is goes faster. It depends on how big the things are for how fast the river will flow.

SoPhIaA. said...

How is a stream's rate of flow related to the amount of erosion it causes? because the stream water runs fast because of all the turns and rocks make the water run even faster and it erodes the sides and the rocks get smoother. <3 How is it related to the size of the sediments it deposits? Because when the stream erodes the land the rocks fall in the water because it erodes the edges of land and the bottom of the stream. <3

Stephen F said...

the faster the river the faster the erosion

aj b said...

a young would run and slowly erode the sides.

Archer t said...

The faster the stream the more erosion it causes and therefore a larger sediment ratio.

Lucas T said...

The faster the river is it will make more sediment and cause more erosion.

Sara H said...

A streams rate of flow is related to the amount of erosion it causes because the faster the stream flows, the faster it can erode rock, soil, etc. away. It also relates to the size of sediments it deposits because if the stream moves fast, it has enough energy to carry bigger sediments.

Nick M. said...

Well, a young river is faster, which means it would erode more. It would also erode bigger chunks of rock because of it's speed and strength, so then it would erode big rocks and stuff.

Bearor, Katie :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)ETC LOL said...

The faster the flow the more erosion.

Sarah M said...

If a river is slower then there won't be much erosion and not very many sediments will be moved.
If a river is fast more erosion will take place and more sediments will be moved.

Holly J said...

The rate of flow is related to the amount of erosion it causes because if the stream is faster or stronger the amount of erosion will go up. It is related to the sediments it deposits because if its stronger and faster it can pick up heavier and bigger things.

Ronahn said...

Streams with faster and stronger flow cause the most erosion. It might carry bigger items to deposit too.

Kasey G. said...

The faster the rate of flow, the greater the amount of the erosion and the greater the amount of sediment that is deposited.

Mason B said...

The faster the river the more erosion it causes, the faster the river the bigger the sediments it caries.

Cameron T. said...

If a stream moves slow than it doesn´t have very much velocity. The less velocity the less force it has. When is doesn´t have very much force it makes it hard to move any sediment. So instead of moving large sediment or large amounts of sediment it moves small amounts of fine sand. If it has a lot of force than it can move large amounts of sand and small rocks and stuff like that. Because it has more velocity. Which equals more force.

Jar3d C :P said...

A younger stream is faster, so it pulls more soil and rock out, causing more erosion. It erodes bigger chunks also, because its faster and stronger.

Tanner McClure said...

The erosion all depends on the speed of the river, the faster the river the more erosion, the slower the river the less erosion.

Aaron R said...

the water flows faster which causes more erosion of sand silt and clay and doesnt erode gravle. the faster the stream the stream the more it erodes.

Grace B said...

It's a fast young river and the erosion will be more because it moves so quickly

Connor P said...

If a stream flows slow, it would not have enough energy to carry some of the rocks or sediments that a stream with a lot of energy would be able to.

Isaiahp said...

It depends on how fast the stream is going because the faster the stream, the more erosion there is and also it's related to the size of the sediment it deposits because it's all about the speed of the stream.

Ian C. said...

A streams rate of flow can effect the amount of erosion it creates because when it's flowing faster it has more energy and therefore it can pick up more sediments such as sand, and rocks, if a stream is going slow, it has barley enough energy to move the mud on the bottom, also it would have to be bigger and then it would also have to move MORE sediments.
It is related to the size of sediments because the bigger the sediments the more energy it takes to move it therefore only fast streams can move them.

Will P said...

The faster a river or stream flows, the more erosion it is going to cause.

The faster the river goes, the more jagged the floor of the river is.

Gracie N(: said...

More erosion, the faster the river goes.

Spencer P. Shields said...

the faster the rate of flow the more erosion and the faster the water the bigger deposits.

Liz N. said...

The faster the stream flows the more eroding it does. Now that I have told you that I will tell you about the speeds of each type of river. The youngest rivers of all go the fastest so they have a sandy bottom, because it erode most of the rocks on the bottom into pebbles, and it carries all the big rocks into the delta of the stream. The mater river have a little more rocks but still a sandy bottom, and they carry smaller rocks that the young rivers do, and they still carry them all the way to the delta of the river. The old rivers do have a lot of energy anyway, so they have really rocky bottoms and they will be lucky if they carry a rock a few feet so they can't carry rocks all the way down to their delta.

Erik C said...

The faster the stream the more erosion it causes and it might move and deposit large sediments as well as small ones.

For my Russian fans:

Быстрый поток более она вызывает эрозию и может двигаться и хранение больших отложений, а также мелких.

For my German fans:


Je schneller der Strom desto mehr Erosion, die es verursacht, und es könnte zu bewegen und Kaution großen Sedimenten sowie kleine.

jason p said...

The faster the stream the more erosion it causes and it might move and deposit large sediments as well as small ones.

caelin w said...

the more the sediment the slower the stream goes

Rea,Cheyenne said...

Well if it was a big stream it would carry larger rocks and if the stream is small then it would carry smaller pebbles or rocks.Also the river is young so it is fast so the erosion would be faster.

Christopher N. said...

The faster the river the heavier the the sediment is but nothing can move gravel

Peter m said...

it go fast

jake g said...

The faster it goes the more erosion happens

Anonymous said...

Faster streams causes more erosion, and might move big sediments but more small sediments are more likely.

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Ricky said...

The erosion would happen faster because this river is a young and fast river. The river would pick up and drop small sediments.

Traciee:) T said...

The river wil go fast because its a younger river.

jarred s said...

as a river goes faster it can move bigger sediments witch will erode more and more

Anonymous said...

a young river goes really fast so many small sediments will be picked up & spread those sediments around.