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  2. Erosion - Wikipedia

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    On the narrowest sharpest side of the bend, there is faster moving water so this side tends to erode away mostly. Rapid erosion by a large river can remove enough sediments to produce a river anticline , [ 27 ] as isostatic rebound raises rock beds unburdened by erosion of overlying beds.

  3. Soil erosion - Wikipedia

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    Dobbingstone Burn, Scotland—This photo illustrates two different types of erosion affecting the same place. Valley erosion is occurring due to the flow of the stream, and the boulders and stones (and much of the soil) that are lying on the edges are glacial till that was left behind as ice age glaciers flowed over the terrain.

  4. Valley - Wikipedia

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    The word dale occurs widely in place names in the north of England and, to a lesser extent, in southern Scotland. As a generic name for a type of valley, the term typically refers to a wide valley, though there are many much smaller stream valleys within the Yorkshire Dales which are named "(specific name) Dale". [ 17 ]

  5. Denudation - Wikipedia

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    In a study by James Gilully, the presented data suggested the denudation rate has stayed roughly the same throughout the Cenozoic era based on geological evidence; [33] however, given estimates of denudation rates at the time of Gilully's study and the United States' elevation, it would take 11-12 million years to erode North America; [27] well ...

  6. Category:Erode - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Erode" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Arête - Wikipedia

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    Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequently this results in a saddle-shaped pass, called a col. [2] The edge is then sharpened by freeze-thaw weathering , and the slope on either side of the arête steepened through mass wasting events and the erosion of exposed, unstable rock. [ 3 ]

  8. Coastal erosion - Wikipedia

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    This effect helps to erode, smooth and polish rocks. The definition of erosion is grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles. According to the IPCC, sea level rise caused by climate change will increase coastal erosion worldwide, significantly changing the coasts and low-lying ...

  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...