The difference between the agents of erosion and mass wasting.
Answer to Problem 2GST
Mass wasting is different from the other erosional processes by streams, glaciers, or wind in such a way that the former does not need any transporting medium to take away materials.
Explanation of Solution
The mass wasting includes the downslope movement of materials such as rock debris, regolith, water, soil, and mud. All the movements taking place under mass wasting could be collectively called as landslides, which is a popular but non-technical term. It may include rock fall, debris flow, mud flow, avalanches, slump, soil creep, and solifluction.
Mass wasting erodes materials from one place and deposits at some other place. But, it is different from the erosional processes by the stream, glacier, or wind. Mass wasting is distinct in the sense that it does not need any medium such as ice, water, or wind to transport materials.
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