Taking into account the Amazon River receives heavy tropical precipitation over a large drainage basin, the total sediment transport and sediment load are relatively small compared to the other rivers in Table 11B-1. The principal reason for this is likely to be ______ in the drainage basin.a.extensive vegetative coverb.high rates of weathering and erosionThe Amazon River annually discharges ______ times the annual discharge of the Mississippi River.a.1b.10c.100d.1000The Amazon River’s sediment load is ______ times the sediment load of the Mississippi River.a.0.17b.1.1c.10.5 Table 11B-1 is a list of the major sediment-transporting rivers of the world along with their mean annual discharge (cubic meter per second), drainage area (thousands of square kilometer), mean annual sedimenttransport (millions of tons per year), and sediment load (in kilogram per cubic meter). (For more on river locations with source and outflow information, see Link 11B-1.)Table 11B-1. Major Sediment-Transporting Rivers of the WorldDischarge(m³/s)Drainage(10° km?)RiverSedimentSedimenttransport(10° T/yr)load(kg/m³)Amazon181,2005,798363.60.1Chang (Yangtze)21,8001,9505000.7Mississippi17,8003,234312.70.6Irrawaddy13,6004323000.7Brahmaputra12,200668727.31.9Ganges11,8009591,454.53.9Mekong11,0007981700.5Indus5,600972436.42.5Red3,9001201301.1Nile2,8002,990110.91.2Missouri (Mississippi)2,0001,375218.23.5Kosi (Ganges)1,80062172.73.0Huang He (Yellow)1,5006761,890.939.9Colorado160640135.527.6Ching (Huang He)6057409.1229.0Lo (Huang He)26190.9---Source: Adapted from O. Sarnelle, FW109, Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems, Michigan State University

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Taking into account the Amazon River receives heavy tropical precipitation over a large drainage basin, the total sediment transport and sediment load are relatively small compared to the other rivers in Table 11B-1. The principal reason for this is likely to be ______ in the drainage basin.
a.extensive vegetative cover
b.high rates of weathering and erosion

The Amazon River annually discharges ______ times the annual discharge of the Mississippi River.
a.1
b.10
c.100
d.1000

The Amazon River’s sediment load is ______ times the sediment load of the Mississippi River.
a.0.17
b.1.1
c.10.5