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EROSION

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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SEDIMENT

BROKEN DOWN ROCK MATERIAL MOVED BY EROSION
Photo by ari mail
2.

DEPOSITION

AGENTS OF EROSION LAY DOWN SEDIMENT, CHANGES SHAPE OF LAND
Photo by Blue Square Thing
3.

FORCES OF EROSION

GRAVITYWINDWATERICE
Photo by chrismar
4.

GRAVITY

  • moves material downhill
  • mass movement
  • landslides, mudflows
  • slump, creep
Photo by wili_hybrid
5.

LANDSLIDES

ROCK/SOIL SLIDES QUICKLY DOWN A STEEP SLOPE
Photo by Kariido85
6.

MUDFLOW

RAPID DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF WATER,ROCK,AND SOIL
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey
7.

SLUMP

ONE LARGE MASS, WATER, SOAKS BOTTOM OF CLAY SOIL
Photo by Travis S.
8.

CREEP

VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF LAND ON A GENTLE SLOPE
Photo by blmiers2
9.

WATER

  • major agent of erosion
  • rain runoff, rivers, groundwater
  • waves
Photo by big hairy monkey
10.

STREAMS

CHANNEL IN WHICH WATER IS CONTINUALLY FLOWING DOWN A SLOPE
Photo by Jim Dollar
11.

TRIBUTARY

STREAM OR A RIVER THAT HOES TO A LARGER RIVER
Photo by Travis S.
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VALLEYS

DEEP SLOPES ERODED ALONG A RIVER
Photo by -Reji
13.

WATERFALLS

OCCURS WHERE RIVERS MEET VERY HARD, SLOWLY ERODED ROCK
Photo by VinothChandar
14.

DELTA

SEDIMENT DEPOSITED WHERE A RIVER FLOWS INTO A LAKE/OCEAN
Photo by ecstaticist
15.

CAVES

FORMED BY UNDERGROUND WATER
Photo by quadrapop
16.

GLACIERS

FORM WHERE SNOW FALLS THAN MELTS, CONTINENTAL OR VALLEY
Photo by angela7dreams
17.

CONTINENTAL GLACIER

COVERS MUCH OF A CONTINENT OR ISLAND ANTARCTICA/GREENLAND
Photo by tim caynes
18.

VALLEY GLACIER

FORMS HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN WHERE SNOW/ICE BUILD
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
19.

GLACIAL LAKES

GLACIERS SLIDE DOWN MOUNTAIN, DIVOT AT BOTTOM, MELTS
Photo by Aquila-chrysaetos
20.

WIND

WEAKEST AGENT OF EROSION
Photo by Rennett Stowe
21.

SAND DUNE

FORMED FROM DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENT FROM WIND
Photo by szeke

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