This process occurs when the transporting agent loses power to carry the sediment.
A) erosion
B) deposition
C) transformation
D) translation
E) subduction

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Deposition is the process of sediment settling out of the transporting agent (usually water or wind) and coming to rest on the ground or at the bottom of a body of water. This occurs when the transporting agent loses power to carry the sediment, which can happen because of a decrease in the agent's velocity, a change in the agent's direction, or a change in the nature or size of the sediment. Erosion, on the other hand, is the process of removing sediment from one location and transporting it to another. Transformation and translation are not geologic terms related to sediment transport. Subduction refers to the process of one tectonic plate sinking beneath another.

This Process Occurs When the Transporting Agent Loses Power to Carry