1. Deposition Activities
2019

2. Write on the back of foldable
What is Deposition?
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The dropping of sediment out of the wind, water, ice, or gravity and settling in a new place.

3. Delta

4. Barrier Islands

5. Beach

6. Marsh

7. Water Deposition
Deltas – slow river current drops sediment in fan-shaped pattern at end of river

8. Water Deposition

9. Water Deposition
Barrier Island -  long narrow, offshore deposits of sand or sediments that parallel the coastline. 

10. What are barrier islands?

11. BARRIER ISLAND
Shelly Island
July 2017

12. BARRIER ISLAND
Shelly Island
Sept 2017

13. Water Deposition
Beach - deposited sand

14. Water Deposition
Marsh - a wetland that is dominated by grassy plants. Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes, streams, and oceans.

15. MARSHES

16. Using only items circled in red. Identify the following:
Beach
Barrier Island
Delta