Geological process
The carriage of weathered and eroded material by wind, water or ice, during which particles are sorted by size and the largest are dropped first as the transporting medium loses energy.
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Flowing water picks up and moves particles of soil and rock, and drops them as it slows — the largest particles first, and progressively smaller ones as it loses more energy.
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Evidence: British Geological Survey n.d. Primary authority
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