Water Erosion and Deposition

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Questions

• What is a delta and how is it produced?
• How does the addition of sediment affect water's ability to erode the subsurface?
• How are erosion and deposition involved in forming a beach?
• Why are erosion and deposition important?
• How do erosion and deposition affect the land?
• How are erosion and deposition by a stream related?
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• Ice is softer than rock. How can ice produce striations on materials harder than ice?
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• What is the process of erosion that dissolves a rock by chemical breakdown of its constituent minerals called?