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Waterfall
This photo was taken at Graue Mill in Oak Brook. Waterfalls are super fun and interesting to look at, contributing to the ecosystem. A waterfall is a steep descent of a river or other body of water over a rocky ledge. Waterfalls play a role in erosion, they form as streams flow from soft to hard rock. The soft rock erodes, leaving the hard rock ledge over for the stream to fall. Waterfalls give geologists an idea of the underlying rock structure. As the stream of the water flows, it carries sediment. That can be silt, pebbles, or sometimes boulders. Due to the amount of erosion taking place, it will determine the velocity of the stream. The stronger the erosion, the more dramatic and recede the waterfall will cause. Erosion is just one way that can form a waterfall. Waterfalls can have many different types due to their descends of the fall.
Waterfall
This photo was taken at Graue Mill in Oak Brook. Waterfalls are super fun and interesting to look at, contributing to the ecosystem. A waterfall is a steep descent of a river or other body of water over a rocky ledge. Waterfalls play a role in erosion, they form as streams flow from soft to hard rock. The soft rock erodes, leaving the hard rock ledge over for the stream to fall. Waterfalls give geologists an idea of the underlying rock structure. As the stream of the water flows, it carries sediment. That can be silt, pebbles, or sometimes boulders. Due to the amount of erosion taking place, it will determine the velocity of the stream. The stronger the erosion, the more dramatic and recede the waterfall will cause. Erosion is just one way that can form a waterfall. Waterfalls can have many different types due to their descends of the fall.