Compare and contrast erosion and depositition

Erosion is the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. Erosion can dissolve rock, weakening it or turning it into tiny fragments. Deposition is the process by which sediments settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposited in a new location. Deposition transports previously eroded sediments, which, at the loss of enough kinetic energy in the fluid, is deposited, building up layers of sediment.