Deposition 2.

Deposition occurs when the wind carrying the eroded materials

* Weathering causes the rocks to be fragmented into smaller pieces and
be carried to other places by erosion. What happens to these materials
after erosion?
* The eroded materials will be dropped into another place where they
will pile up. This process is called deposition.
* Gravity is a factor in all patterns of deposition of weathered materials.
slows down
* The wind can also deposit sand
* Wind picks up sand particles from the beach and carries them along.
* A small obstacle, like a rock or plant, slows down the wind and allows
the sand to settle around the obstacle
* This accumulated amount of sand forms a mound
* The mounds formed in deserts are called sand dunes

Effects of deposition
1. Leaves a fertile or nutrient-rich soil
2. Can form new features, like deltas, sand bars on beaches, and dunes in
the desert

When does deposition occur?

1. Deposition occurs when the water carrying the eroded materials
slows down
* Fast-moving water erodes large rocks and transports them downhill
* Slow-moving rivers carry mainly pebbles, sand, silt and clay 3. Glaciers carrying sediments melt
* Tiny bits of materials, like rocks and sediments, settle at bottom of the * Ice cand also change landforms
river or get deposited in the riverbanks, leaving a good soil which makes * Glaciers deposited on top of the mountains can flow down and follow a
a good farmland river valley down the mountain
* If the sediments aren’t carried away into the ocean, they remain and * The V-shaped valley is eroded by the river to become a U-shaped valley
build up, eventually expanding the mouth of the river by creating islands,
sandbars, and large underwater deposits of sand to make a river delta