File:Stones eroding into flash flood silt bed IMG 8398.JPG
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English: The Fish River Canyon in Namibia is largely lined with screes. It suffers periodic flash floods that leave thick beds of silt. Scree rocks on the silt deflect floodwaters that wash away upstream silt but deposit a downstream tail, leaving ephemeral pools. |
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| Author | JonRichfield |
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This nest of rocks, massing a few tonnes, left an upstream pool demonstrating the water level in the silt and a downstream bank of silt.
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