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(ROOT (S (NP (PRP You)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB think) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP it))) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ average) (NN velocity)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN water))))) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD winds) (NP (PRP$ its) (NN way)) (PP (PP (IN around) (NP (JJ sediment) (NNS particles))) (CC and) (PP (IN through) (NP (NNS fractures))))))))) (. .)))
You can think of it as the average velocity of the water as it winds its way around sediment particles and through fractures.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Sediments)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN term)) (PP (IN for) (NP (DT the) (JJ small) (NNS particles)))) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS rocks)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN worn) (PRT (RP down)) (PP (TO to)) (PP (IN by) (NP (NN water) (CC and) (NN wind)))))))) (. .)))