Why is weathering important to erosion?

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Phia
Oct 9, 2015

Weathering: breaking down
Erosion: sediment moving

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Basically, weathering is when sediment wears away. Erosion is when that sediment is moved by wind or water to another place.

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Here is a similar question where they answered it better than I did: How are erosion and deposition due to weathering related?

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