Influences on Sediment Transport

Question 1

Once in the water, the material is moved in different ways:

Answer 1

Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Solution

Question 2

Material in the sea arrives from many sources:

Answer 2

Eroded from cliffs

Transported by longshore drift along the coastline

Brought inland from offshore by constructive waves

Carried to the coastline by a river

Question 3

traction meaning

Answer 3

when large material is dragged along the sea floor

Question 4

saltation

Answer 4

when smaller material that can be lifted by water is bounced along river bed

Question 5

suspension

Answer 5

Lighter material within the river flow

Question 6

solution

Answer 6

Lighter material dissolves in sea carried within river flow

Question 7

Direction of wave attack
The direction that the waves are coming from is the main factor affecting the direction of sediment transport