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It is called deposition.

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Q: What is the dropping of sediment from wind or water?
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What is the cause of a river dropping sediment?

The water flows over a water fall


How are dunes created by deposition?

Dunes are formed from aeolian deposition which consists of the wind picking up sediment, then blowing it, then dropping it. Dunes are an accumulation of sediment. More sediment is deposited on a dune as wind loses more energy when it hits it, thus depositing the sediment, growing the dune.


What breaks rock into sediment?

Wind and water.


What can sediment can be carried by?

Water, wind, or ice.


What do sand dunes and delta have in common?

they are both formed when wind or water picks up sediment


What carries the sediment away?

Wind, water, glaciers, and gravity are capable or transporting sediment.


What carries away sediment?

Wind, water, glaciers, and gravity are capable or transporting sediment.


What are three ways that wind erosion moves sediment?

Water, wind, and ice.


Can rocks break down into sediment?

Wind and water


What is the process by which sediment is dropped by wind or water?

errosion


What transports sediments?

water, wind, ice, etc. do transport sediment. lava does not transport sediment


The act or process by which wind or water sets down sediment?

The act or process by which wind or water sets down sediment is known as deposition. This is the common process that follows after erosion.