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The running water carries enough weathered material away to form a deep canyon

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Q: How did erosion and weathering form a deep canyon?
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How do weathering and erosion form a deep canyon?

because of weathering


How does weathering and erosion affect the Grand Canyon today?

erosion built the grand canyon. Erosion makes the canyon bigger and deeper


Is weathering a form of erosion?

Yes


What is a narrow valley with steep sides called?

CAVERN or canyon- It is also called, in text book, a V-Shaped valley, or sometimes even a gorge, but these are formed by water falls. Ask me how waterfalls form gorges if you wish.


How did Bryce Canyon Form?

They were formed by erosion from wind and rain.


Are valleys formed your erosion or weathering?

Erosion and weathering: Glaciers form 'U'-shaped valleys, while rivers form 'V'-shaped valleys.


Are both weathering and erosion a form of tectonic forces?

No. Tectonic forces are from within the earth. Weathering and erosion come from the atmosphere.


How do weathering and erosion change a mountain?

it changes because of the weathering and erosion that takes away the soil and rocks causing it to lower and move to another place, which means that a new mountain will form from the weathering and erosion.


When a rock is exposed to weathering or erosion it will form?

If magma is solidified it will form


How does erosion differnfrom weathering?

Erosion is the removal of the topsoil either by water or wind, while weathering is the break down of rock to form soil.


How were the mountain surrounding the canyon formed?

Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau or table-land level. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls.


What processes probably helped form the Grand Canyon?

erosion