Detachment: Raindrop impact dislodges soil particles from the soil mass, and surface water starts to accumulate on the soil surface.

Transportation: The moving water carries away the detached soil particles, primarily through sheet erosion and rill erosion.

Deposition: The eroded sediment is deposited in low-lying areas, such as floodplains, riverbeds, and deltas, when the sediment-carrying capacity of water decreases.

Abrasion: As the water flows over the land, it picks up sediments, and these moving sediments abrade the land's surface, further wearing it down.