WEATHERING AND EROSION SNAPSHOTS

EROSION

DEFINITION OF EROSION

• The gradual destruction of something by natural forces in which something is eroded or worn away

EROSION BY GRAVITY

• The pull of gravity on rocks, dirt and other natural materials, creating a collapsing land form
• Avalanche
• Mudslide
• Rockfall

EROSION CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY

• Watering the garden
• Deforestation, they removal the vegetation covering the ground which causes the soil to be unprotected against wind and water to erode

MOVING WATER

• Rivers
• Streams

WIND

• Dunes, particularly in deserts, off of which sand is blown

GLACIERS

• Glaciers being eroded by gravity

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