Question

What are three types of eroding action by water?

Answer 1

What are three types of eroding action by water? One form of water erosion occurs as water flows in a stream of river. The motion picks up loose material and moves it downstream. Another form of erosion is abrasion, the grinding away of rock by transported particles.

Answer 2

The 3 types of eroding action by water are as follows-

(1) Sliding and rolling- The rock particles or sediments are eroded along an inclined plane either by sliding or rolling down. The coarser particles are generally transported from one place to another by this process and these sediments move at a much slower rate.

(2) Saltation- It is a process by which the sediments are carried from one place to another in a series of jumps. These are comparatively less coarser or medium grained sediments.

(3) Suspension- It is the process by which the sediments are transported from one place to another by suspension, which means that the sediments are dissolve in the solution. These are the finer particles.