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Erosion is caused when a river turns at a meander. When the water splashes against the side of the meander. After a long long time the edge of the meander is worn away. This is erosion.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds ,waves, etc...
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∙ 12y agoErosion is when wind, carrying sand, hits against a rock and bits of rock fall off the big rock. By the way, do you like the Warriors series?
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What kind of soil erosion takes place on river banks?
The type of soil erosion that takes place mostly at river banks is sheet erosion, its caused by hydraulic action of water against the adjacent land. In some cases where the power of the river is great Gully Erosion could develop.
What are five landforms formed by river erosion?
Through erosion, a river creates valleys, waterfalls, flood plains, meanders, and oxbow lakes.
What are two landforms formed by river erosion?
A rive cliff and a river deposit
What are the five landforms formed by river erosion?
stream,river,ocean and a lake..
What affects the depth of a river?
How long the river has been on earth because of erosion by water
What could have caused a river to become wider?
If you mean how the river widens, the usually cause is erosion.
What does horizontal or lateral erosion mean?
Lateral or horizontal erosion means erosion taken place on the sides of a footpath or river bank. The opposite if lateral/horizontal erosion is vertical erosion, where erosion is taken place under the river bed or the bottom of a footpath.
How does erosion effect Mississippi River?
Erosion effects the Mississippi river by causing collapse in the banks of the river. Erosion also causes the river to change course slightly as the banks change.
When a river carries away rock particles this is known as the process of?
Erosion by moving water in a river is called fluvial erosion.
Is it erosion or weathering that widens a river's bank?
It is erosion by flowing water, especially when the river is in spate, that can widen the river's banks.
Is a river erosion faster than a wave erosion?
It depends how fast the wave and river speed are.
Was the Arkansas River Valley formed by erosion or depostion?
The Arkansas River was formed by erosion, not deposition.
What type of erosion was the Grand Canyon formed by?
Well it was formed by the Colorado river! Which is water erosion!
What kind of erosion can affect a river valley?
Water erosion
What is vertical erosion?
Vertical erosion is when the depth of the river is greater than the width causing erosion to take place on the bed of the river. This is also when lots of water enters the river but not as much is exiting it.
At a bend in a river the main erosion is?
A bend in the river could cause many main points of erosion. This erosion could be caused by water flowing over it.
What a river causes by removing rocks and soil from itys river bed?
erosion. and due to that erosion we get sedimentary rock.
