Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about transportation of sediment is false?
A) Smaller particles settle faster than larger particles.
B) As a current slows,the largest particles start to settle.
C) Faster currents carry larger particles than slower currents.
D) Rivers and ocean currents move much more material than do air currents.
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