Erosion

Erosion is a process where natural forces like water, wind, ice, and gravity transport rocks and soil. It is a geological process, and part of the rock...

Soil erosion is the washing or blowing away (by water or wind) of the top layer of soil (dirt). This is a serious problem for farmers. If the soil has...

Coastal erosion is a term for the removal of beaches or dunes by waves, tidal currents, wave currents, or drainage. Waves, caused by storms and wind cause...

The Beach Erosion Board (BEB) was a federal board organized under the US Government's War Department (later, the Department of Defense), U.S. Army, and...

In materials science, wear is the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another solid. The study of the processes of wear is part...

well as by erosion caused by water, such as waves. The geological makeup of rock and soil controls the type of shore which is created. Erosion of sedimentary...

from erosion and flooding from the sea. While they do provide protection from the waves and tides, a sea wall may also create more problems. Erosion of...

mineral particles. Sand is also formed various rocks by weathering and erosion. Erosion breaks large boulders into smaller rocks. They get smaller and smaller...

cliffs.Sea waves carry on both erosional and depositional activities .The process of sea erosion is called marine erosion. Wiki Commons has media related...

is a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from faulting and resulting erosion. It separates two relatively level areas of different height. A cuesta...

can be big, like the Grand Canyon, or small. Canyons can be formed by erosion by running water which will take rocks and soil away. Canyon -National...

English Wiktionary has a definition for: wear. Wear can mean: Wear (erosion), the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another material...

As of 2020 it had a population of 98. The community is threatened by erosion. "Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974". Alaska Local Government...

soft sediments which get massive erosion. Some of the most famous fossil beds are found in badlands, where erosion rapidly exposes the sedimentary layers...

called crag and tail. If a plug is preserved, erosion may remove the surrounding rock while the erosion-resistant plug remains. This is what produces...

tallest plateau in the world is the Tibetan Plateau. A plateau with a lot of erosion is called a disconnected plateau. A plateau that is also a volcano is called...

character, and is entirely determined by its base level of erosion. The base level of erosion is the point at which the stream either enters the ocean,...

continued to erode and form the canyon to the point we see it at today. "Local erosion in the western Grand Canyon began about 17 million years ago, but a through-flowing...

the leeward side of a range. Mountain ranges are always being eroded. Erosion is at work while the mountains are being uplifted and long after until...

over land. Together with the high surf, these can cause a lot of beach erosion. In low lying areas the storm surge can stay inland for a long time and...