Effects of weathering and erosion
There are many effects of weathering and erosion on Olympic national park. the first effect is wind. Wind is constantly blowing against the rocks eating away at it turning the rock into sediment that is the weathering. Once the rock is broken down into sediments the wind can also pick up the sediments and blow them away that is the erosion aspect of wind. The second effect is water. Running water live streams, rivers, or waterfalls can all weather down rock. When water flows over rock it weathers down the rock cutting through it almost like a knife. This can create deep gorges, valleys, and all kinds of rock formation. But wind can also erode the land bye picking up the sediments of weathered down rocks and bringing them out to wherever the flowing water ends. The third effect is glaciers. Glaciers are mostly found at high elevations where snow can add to the glacial masses that can carve out land masses. Glaciers are giant slabs of ice that can move down mountains weathering away or taking with anything in its path. So as a glacier moves down a mountain it will weather away all of the rock in its path creating all different kinds of rock formations. Glaciers also erode the land because anything it passes over can get stuck in the ice and will be brought to wherever the glacier ends. The overall effect of weathering on Olympic national park is that the chemical weathering can turn sandstone, shale, and basalt into clay which is easily weathered down bye wind and rain. Mechanical weathering can split the rock at high elevations through the repetitive freezing and thawing of the ice. The overall effect of erosion on Olympic national park is that running water, glaciers, and gravity all by itself brings sediments from the mountains all the way back down and into the ocean.