👉 Flocculation is a process of precipitation in which dissolved materials are released from a solid surface into a liquid medium. This type of precipitation occurs when a substance such as sand, gravel, or soil is deposited on a surface and then recrystallizes during the subsequent weathering process. In other words, it's like raindrops falling onto a wet surface - they start to form a layer of water droplets, but the water droplets don't stick together and stay in place. Eventually
