Geological Works of the Rivers, Winds and Seas

Work of River - A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an

ocean, sea, lake or another river.
Deposition – is the processes where material being transported by
a river is deposited. Deposition occurs when a river loses energy.

Work of Winds - The earth is surrounded with envelop of gasses which is called the
atmosphere. The movement of the atmosphere in a parallel direction to the earth surface
is the wind.

Three Functions/ Process of Wind

1. Erosion - This process makes the ground surface gets lower and rockier because it
removes soil, rocks, or dissolved materials form an earth’s crust.

a. Deflation – a process where wind simply removes the loose sand and dust
sized particles from an area.
b. Abrasion – this process attains a considerable erosive power which helps
in eroding the rock surfaces by rubbing and grinding actions that produces
many changes.

2. Transportation - A process where wind brings particles and transport or move it to

other areas.

a. Bed Load – the process where heavier and larger particles are moved by the
winds but not lifted more than 30 to 60 cm.
 b. Suspended Load – where lighter substances such as dust particle are lifted
by the moving winds by the distance of hundreds of meters above the earth’s
surface.

3. Deposition - The process where the sediments get dropped and deposited

a. Sand Dunes – these are huge heaps of sand formed by the natural deposition
of the windblown sands.