Water Erosion

Unit 1 Lesson 3:
Erosion and Deposition by Water

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How does water change Earth's surface?

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to relate the processes of erosion and deposition by water to the landforms that result from these processes.

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These are images from the limestone caves of Pennsylvania!
Consider...
1. What might have caused these caves to form?
2. How did water contribute to their formation?

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How was this canyon formed?

How does flowing water change Earth's Surface?

The movement of sediment from one place to another is called erosion.

​Erosion

Rivers and streams erode soil, rock and sediment .

​Sediment

​Deposition

Match

Match the following

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces

The movement of sediment from one place to another

The dropping of sediment in a new place

• The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces

• The movement of sediment from one place to another

• The dropping of sediment in a new place

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How are erosion and deposition different?

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What are the four agents of erosion and deposition?

• wind

• clouds

• water

• gravity

• ice

​Gradient

Stream Load

​Discharge

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Why would some streams and rivers cause more erosion and deposition than others?

​Channel - A path a stream wears and flows down.

​Eventually, canyons and valleys will form.

​A flat area formed from many layers of deposited sediment when a river runs over its banks. This can signal the age of a river valley with the older being flatter with many meanders and oxbow lakes.

Floodplain

​Meander

​Mississippi River Delta

​Formed from the deposition of materials

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How is an alluvial fan different than a delta?

How is an alluvial fan similar to a delta?

​Canyon - Meander - Floodplain - Oxbow Lake

Where do erosion and deposititon occur?

​SHORELINE

​HEADLANDS

​EROSION!

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Which of the features in the last slide to you think took longer to form: the sea stack, sea arch, or sea cave? Explain.