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At which location would the water be moving clay, silt, sand and pebbles, but not cobbles or boulders ? -w 400 cm/sec stream x 100 cm/sec y 20 cm/sec lake z2 cm

At which location would the water be moving clay, silt, sand and pebbles, but not cobbles or boulders ? -W 400 cm/sec Stream X 100 cm/sec Y 20 cm/sec Lake Z2 cm/sec 5 m- Graph showing particle diameter and stream speed 100.0 Boulders --25.6 Cim Cobbles 64Cm 10.0 1.0 Pebbles - 0.20 Particle diameter (cm) 0.1 Sand 0.01 0.006 am 0.001 Silt 0.0004 cT 0.0001 Clay 0.00001- 10 200 300 400 500 600 700 B00 Stream speed (cm/sec) (A) (C) W (B)X Z Y (D)
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  • Rahul pandey
    Ans: (B) At location X, the stream speed is 100cm/s, sufficient to move clay, silt and pebbles. At 100cm/s cobbles and boulders wouldn't move because the stream speed should be gre...
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  • Sajan sarthak thankyou
    At location X the velocity is given as 100cm/sec . The below graph showing at 100 cm/sec velocity the water can move particle size above sand and in between cobble. and pebble and...
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    Amber richhariya
    what are the necessary conditions for moving cobbles or boulders?