Why do you typically find bigger rocks along the banks of a fast-moving stream and smaller rocks and pebbles beside a slower-moving stream?

A. Slow-moving streams carry only dissolved sediments.
B. As a stream slows, it deposits its smaller sediments first.
C. Fast-moving streams carry only large sediments.
D. As a stream slows, it deposits its larger sediments first.


Answer: D

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