Evaporation  condensation  precipitation  infiltration  run-off. Without this process, weathering, erosion, and deposition would have a difficult time occurring on Earth. Weathering. -- chemical and physical processes that change the characteristics of rocks on the Earths surface. o also known as the preparation for erosion. o for weathering to occur, the rock sample must change and rock needs to be exposed to water and air. o Human processes such as pollution, (like acid rain) along with the acts of other living organisms, can cause chemical weathering to occur at faster rates.
Big Indian, New York. Big Indian is a hamlet within the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is located along State Route 28, within the Catskill Park 17 miles west of Woodstock. The Esopus Creek runs through the area, as Birch Creek feeds in from the north.
Not to be confused with Oneida, New York. Oneida County is a county located in the state of New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that had this territory at the time of European encounter and has a reservation in the region.