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A fast flowing river can carry very little sediment.true or false

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Answer: A fast flowing river can carry very little sediment. More friction between water and streambed will reduce the speed of flowing water. How would a fast-flowing river be most likely to move sand-sized particles of sediment? It would lift them and carry them downstream.

Explanation: this is why the answer is false

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False. The faster the river is the more it can carry. Not only in amount of sediment, but also in its size. Slow rivers carry very little sediment.
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