Physical Geography - Erosion

The process of moving rock and soil particles by water, wind or ice.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Deposition

The break down of rocks through chemical or mechanical means.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Deposition

Small particles of soil, sand and gravel carried away and deposited by the processes of erosion.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Deposition

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Deposition

The process by which the internal structure of a rock is altered by the removal or addition of elements.

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots.

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

The land that is formed at the mouth of some rivers by soil that is deposited as the flow of the river slows prior to entering the sea.

• Moraine

• Glacier

• Delta

• Beach

Dust or silt deposited by wind.

• Moraine

• Glacier Deposition

• Delta

• Loess

A large mass of ice that moves because of gravity.

• Moraine

• Glacier

• Ice Sheet

• Iceberg

The changing of landforms by slow moving glaciers.

• Glaciation

• Tectonic Plate Movement

• Convection

• Glacial Movement Index