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EROSION NOTES

EROSION NOTES. EROSION : The process by which weathered rock and soil particles are moved from one place to another. DEPOSITION. The process by which sediments are laid down in new locations. GRAVITY. Pulls rock and soil down slopes It is also called mass wasting. WIND.

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EROSION NOTES

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  1. EROSION NOTES EROSION: The process by which weathered rock and soil particles are moved from one place to another.

  2. DEPOSITION • The process by which sediments are laid down in new locations

  3. GRAVITY • Pulls rock and soil down slopes • It is also called mass wasting

  4. WIND • Wind is most active agent of erosion in deserts, in plowed fields and on beaches • It can create sand dunes

  5. RUNNING WATER • Running water is the major cause of erosion • Examples: • Rivers • Streams • Rain water runoff

  6. GLACIERS • Glacial ice erodes by abrasion and by carrying sediments with them as they move

  7. WAVES • Powerful forces of waves constantly erodes and shapes the shoreline • Creates: sea cliffs caves beaches sand bars

  8. SEDIMENTS • solid particles carried from one place and dropped at another place.

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