How do you think the wind and rain effect the earth surface? Many people may wonder this question.

Well, to answer, the wind and the rain effect the earth in many different ways. To begin with, rain drops into a flowing body of water. The water cuts into riverbanks and carries away the soil. The soil is then moved somewhere else. This is called deposition. Deposition then causes the build up of sediments in other areas. This creates new landforms.

Ocean waves can also effect the landform of the earth. It creates beaches and dunes. As waves slowly wears away the side of hills,  rocky cliffs form.

Wind erosion changes landforms by taking the sediment and depositing it somewhere else, just like rain and water. Wind can slow down and deposit sand and sediment that it is carrying.  Dunes are a result of moved. Sand form these dunes.

Wind and rain have effected the shape of the earth’s surface for many years. Wind has shaped the world's most unusual landforms in dry areas like American Southwest. Years of rain and wind shaped landforms in Utah's monument valley.

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