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What classification or kind of rocks results when rocks eroded from higher elevations accumulate at lower elevations?
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sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
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How is it called when a cave has eroded all the way through?
An arch
What Tiny grains eroded from rock?
We call them clastic rock also referred to us the sedimentary rock.
A place where an old eroded rock surface is in contact with a newer rock?
Is called an unconformity.
How do uneven angular rocks form?
What may happen to a rock/mineral is that the softer layers of a rock that are closest to the surface get weathered or eroded away while the harder center parts do not. This usually results in interesting and uneven rock shapes. Also, some weathering isn't exactly even in terms of the surface of a rock.
What is the property of sedimentary rock?
texture as contains from ores of iron
What percent of the sediments eroded from the continents reach beyond coastal regions to the continental shelf and slope?
Approximately 15-20% of sediments eroded from the continents reach beyond coastal regions to the continental shelf and slope. The majority of eroded sediments tend to accumulate and deposit near the coast due to factors such as wave action and currents.
What would the earth's landforms look like if they were completely eroded?
erosion results in a flattening of land form.
Why is the soil of plains so fertile?
Plains receive eroded minerals from higher elevations, and erosion does not remove as much dead plant material as it does from hills and mountains. Precipitation tends to percolate minerals down into the soil.
How is reculver being eroded?
it is being eroded by the wind and sea
What is an old eroded mountain called?
Peneplain is an eroded mountain.
What is the future tense for eroded?
The future tense for "eroded" is "will erode."
A sentence for the word eroded?
The soil in this area was eroded after all the trees were cut.
Was the Grand Canyon eroded?
Yes. The Grand Canyon was eroded by the Colorado River.
How would you put enroded in a sentence?
eroded: The hill is not there anymore; it eroded away.
Are there any rivers that deposit and eroded sediments?
Most rivers have eroded and Deposited sediment.
Characteristics of a plateau?
lumpy rotten, eroded rought lumpy rotten, eroded rought
What happens to soil and rocks that have been eroded?
Eroded soil washes away and winds up in rivers, and eventually in lakes or oceans where is becomes sediment at the bottom. Rocks can be eroded into sand. Generally, they remain part of the soil, until the soil is eroded.
