1. Agents of Erosion

2. Water Erosion
Running water is the major agent of erosion that has shaped the earth’s surface.

3. Waves
Waves receive their energy from the wind.

4. Gravity Example of gravitational erosion
Landslide - rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope
Mudslide -water, rock and soil move rapidly downhill.

5. Slump – One large mass of rock and soil suddenly slip down a slope
Creep – A very slow downhill movement of rock and soil.

6. Wind Wind by itself is the weakest agent of erosion.
Deflation- The process by which wind removes surface materials.

7. Glaciers
Glacier- Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.