Sid The Sediment starts in the mountains.

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Rain water and melted snow can cause small cracks in rocks. Over time, these cracs widen. Sid The Sediment falls off.

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Sid The Sediment is carried away from flowing water. The water forms a small channel. Then the channel flows into larger streams and rivers.

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Sid The Sediment Is on a long journey. As he rubs against other rocks, his edges get smoothened out and he gets smaller.

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The flowing water cuts away land and forms valleys. As the water cuts away land, it also caries away the sediments that were there.

Sid The Sediment's journey is finally over! He is now a very small grain at a beach.

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