Deposition( Deltas and Sand dunes)
Deposition is the dropping, or releasing of sediments
that have been moved from one place to another.
that have been moved from one place to another.
Sand dunes are mounds or ridges of sand that the wind forms along coastlines.
They may form in long, irregular rows set back from the water.
They may form in long, irregular rows set back from the water.
Deltas are landforms that are formed at the mouth of a river where the river flows into the ocean, estuary, lake, or reservoir. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried away by the river and dropped as it leaves the mouth of the river.