2. Erosion is the movement of sediment by wind, ice, water, or gravity.
What is Erosion?
Erosion is the movement of sediment by wind, ice, water, or gravity.

3. Gravity Erosion
Sediment falls

4. Angle of Repose is the steepest angle a material will not slide down.
Gravity Erosion
Angle of Repose is the steepest angle a material will not slide down.

5. Ice (glaciers) carry sediment.
Ice Erosion
Ice (glaciers) carry sediment.

6. Ice Erosion

7. Wind blows sediment after it is weathered.
Wind Erosion
Wind blows sediment after it is weathered.

8. Water Erosion
Water (rivers, oceans, rain, etc.) washes sediment after being weathered

9. Write on the back of foldable
What is Deposition?
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The dropping of sediment out of the wind, water, ice, or gravity and settling in a new place.

10. Water Deposition
Deltas – slow river current drops sediment in fan-shaped pattern at end of river

11. Water Deposition
Barrier Island -   long narrow, offshore deposits of sand or sediments that parallel the coastline. 

12. GEORGIA BARRIER ISLANDS

13. BARRIER ISLAND
Shelly Island
July 2017

14. BARRIER ISLAND
Shelly Island
Sept 2017

15. Water Deposition
Beach - deposited sand

16. Water Deposition
Marsh - a wetland that is dominated by grassy plants. Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes, streams, and oceans.

17. MARSHES