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The smaller chunks are pebbles and dust. When they are carried by water, they are called sediment.
It is carried away by water and wind.
solution. the particles are light so they flow with the water. Heavy particles just sink down to the bottom.
Desert pavement
As the particles travel and settle elsewhere as sediment forming new areas of soil.
abrasion
The scouring action of particles carried by the wind is called wind erosion. Wind erosion, along with water erosion is the main cause of land degradation.
Clay particles are very fine grained and light weight, so easily carried along by flowing water.
Suspended load
Small particles of dirt, sand, or silt, which can be dissolved or swept along in the water.
The smaller chunks are pebbles and dust. When they are carried by water, they are called sediment.
I would consider tiny pieces of rock carried by water to be sediment. Sediment is generally clay or sand particles, but any type of rock ground into fine particles can be carried by water. This may include igneous-type rocks (those that come from around volcanoes and the bottom of the ocean).
It is carried away by water and wind.
Sediments are carried as the following loads: dissolved, suspended, and bed. A dissolved load is composed of ions in solution. These ions are usually carried in the water all the way to the ocean. ... Particles that are too large to be carried as suspended loads are bumped and pushed along the stream bed, called bed load.
The transportation of broken rock particles to other places is called erosion. These particles are usually carried by moving agents such as wind, water and ice.
Particles of sand and pebbles that are less dense than water are carried by a stream through a process called suspension. The flow of the water exerts enough force to keep these lighter particles suspended in the water and move them downstream. The particles are lifted off the streambed and transported until the flow of the water slows down or they encounter an obstacle that causes them to settle.
Erosion is the process of rock or soil being washed away by wind or water. In this process the particles are carried from the parent rock and when the force of wind or water drops , the particles of sand or dust drop to the surface leaving deposition. Wind erosion is called aeolian erosion. As the particles are blown or washed along, they bounce in steady patterns along the ground, so when the wind drops they are deposited in patterns, hence the patterns of ripples on desert sand and at the bottom of the sea, this bouncing is called saltation.