Answer: it attempts to to stabilize the river by creating a state of equilibrium
Explanation: Sediment transport occurs in natural systems where the particles are clastic rocks (sand, gravel, boulders, etc.), mud, or clay; the fluid is air, water, or ice; and the force of gravity acts to move the particles along the sloping surface on which they are resting.
The shortened form of the unit that Kevin's bag was weighed in would be Lbs.
If you're talking about eukaryotic cells then it's the cell wall. If it's a prokaryotic cell sometimes the slime layer secreted by some bacteria may harden and form a capsule around the bacterial cell.
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