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DEPOSITION
THE EROSION- LESSON 1
DEPOSITION PROCESS
OBJECTIVES
CONSTRUCTIVE DESTRUCTIVE
Building up the Tears down the
features on the Earths features on Earths
surface. surface.
Ex. When lava erupts Ex. A hurricane
from a volcano and it washing part of the
hardens, forming new shoreline into the sea.
land.
Constructive and destructive processes continuously shape
the Ear ths surface.
WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES
INVOLVED IN THE RESHAPING
OF THE EARTHS SURFACE?
WEATHERING
WEATHERING
WEATHERING
It is a destructive process.
It is the removal of weathered material from one location to
another.
Agents of Erosion:
1. Water
2. Wind
3. Glaciers
4. Gravity
DIFFERENT RATES OF EROSION
Examples:
Traveling water in a river can slow down due to the friction of the
edges and the bottom of the river channel.
Deposition occurs on the river bed when the flow starts to slow.
Can form a sand bar.
LANDFORMS CREATED BY DEPOSITION