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What are the conditions leading to deposition of silt at the mouth of a river?

      

Give conditions that lead to deposition of silt at the mouth of a river.

  

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Maurice
(i) Freezing of a stream.

(ii) Decrease of stream volume.

(iii) Absence of strong waves in the sea or lake.

(iv) Decrease of loss of velocity of a river.

(v) Slow moving bodies of water.

(vi) Reduction of stream gradient.

(vii) Presence of large load of silt.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 7, 2017 at 11:35


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