The Grand Canyon is located in the desert of Arizona that makes the soil very hard and dry, leading to a weak absorption of water. The plants that grow in the Grand Canon have a very shallow root system because of the hard and dry soil but. Hard and dry soil result of the wind that takes away the softer parts of rock and soil, and leaves the harder layers. The Colorado River runs through the canyon and because of the shallow root system that cannot hold the soil in place the river takes soil and rock with it.

e stream transportation is the way the rock particles are being moved in the stream. Some lightweight particles can be carried in the stream in suspension. Because of the flowing water the small particles swift and turbulent in the water, this prevent them from sinking. Heavier rock fragments are being moved by a process called trac-tion, this is when sand grains stones and small rocks are pulled by the stream along the streambed, making them roll and slide. The rock minerals that have been dissolved from land flows in the stream in solution.

The wind erosion is not very significant but is a very consequential for the forming of the Grand Canyon. The wind erodes away the softer parts of rock and soil, and leaves the harder layers. This gives the plants a hard time finding soft ground for the roots, this leads to a very shallow root system that can not hold the soil when the Colorado River torrent. "Deflation is the removal of loose, lightweight particles from the Earth's surface, by the force of wind. (...) Deflation is most common on the windward sides of desserts. The deflation process of wind erosion corresponds to t

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