processes of transportation

Question 1

What is transportation?

Answer 1

The carrying of sediment downstream from the point where it has been eroded to where it is deposited

Question 2

What are the four methods of transportation?

Answer 2

Traction; saltation; suspension; and solution

Question 3

What is traction?

Answer 3

This is the method used for moving the largest material. This is too heavy to lose contact with the bed, so material such as boulders is rolled along

Question 4

What is saltation?

Answer 4

This moves the small stones and grains of sand by bouncing them along the bed. This lighter load leaves the river bed in a hopping motion

Question 5

What is suspension?

Answer 5

This is a means of carrying very fine material within the water, so that it floats in the river and is moved as it flows

Question 6

What is solution?

Answer 6

This is the dissolved load and occurs only with certain rock types that are soluble in rainwater. This is true of chalk and limestone and the load is not visible