Weathering The breaking down of Ice freezes in cracks, Wave action sediments due to when the ice melts breaks apart rocks wind, water, and ice. the rocks break and shore line apart into smaller along the Gulf pieces. Coast Prairies Erosion The carrying away of Water in the river The Rio Grande sediments from one picks sediments carries sediments place to another due from the shore and our of Santa Elena to wind or water. carry them Canyon in the downstream the Trans Pecos mouth of a river. Ecoregion Deposition The settling of Sediments that have Sediments that sediments in a new been carried from have been location. Wind and upstream are laid weathered from water can deposit down at the of the Edwards sediments in new a river to form a Plateau are eroded locations. delta. and deposited
Weathering The breaking down of sediments due to wind, water, and ice. Ice freezes in cracks, when the ice melts the rocks break apart into smaller pieces. Wave action breaks apart rocks and shore line along the Gulf Coast Prairies Erosion The carrying away of sediments from one place to another due to wind or water. Water in the river picks sediments from the shore and carry them downstream the mouth of a river. The Rio Grande carries sediments our of Santa Elena Canyon in the Trans Pecos Ecoregion Deposition The settling of sediments in a new location. Wind and water can deposit sediments in new locations. Sediments that have been carried from upstream are laid down at the of a river to form a delta. Sediments that have been weathered from the Edwards Plateau are eroded and deposited