Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following constitutes the traction load of a river?

  1. Pebbles, stones and boulders rolled along the river bed.
  2. Minerals dissolved in the river water.
  3. Fine sand, silt and mud carried within the flowing water.
  4. Alluvium already deposited across a flood plain.
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