EROSION

Erosion

Erosion is the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by exogenetic processes such as wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations.

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erosion

Noun

  1. The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
  2. The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
  3. Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
  4. One of two fundamental operations in from which all other morphological operations are derived.
  5. Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
  6. A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.


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