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Sediment is rock material that is broken down into pieces or in water as rock erodes.

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Sediment is material eroded off other rocks that is then worn down into pieces ranging in size from microscopic particles to pebbles to boulders. It is often carried from its source—the rock or mineral deposit it was eroded from—by wind or water and deposited in other areas, sometimes hundreds of miles away.

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