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Are means of removing and transporting surface material or erosion?
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The removal and transport of surface material by wind and water?
Erosion.
How long does erosion and transportation take?
Erosion is defined as the removal of soil, sediment, regolith, and rock fragments from the landscape. Most landscapes show obvious evidence of erosion. Erosion is responsible for the creation of hills and valleys. It removes sediments from areas that were once glaciated, shapes the shorelines of lakes and coastlines, and transports material downslope from elevated sites. In order for erosion to occur three processes must take place: detachment, entrainmentand transport. Erosion also requires a medium to move material. Wind, water, and ice are the mediums primarily responsible for erosion. Finally, the process of erosion stops when the transported particles fall out of the transporting medium and settle on a surface. This process is called deposition.Technically, the entire process could take hundreds of years. Maybe even thousands.
Contrast weathering and erosion?
Weathering is the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near the surface of the Earth. Erosion is the transportation of material by water, wind, or ice. Simplistically, weathering is the breakdown of rocks and erosion is the carrying away of the broken down fragments.
Where is eroison?
Erosion occurs almost evrywhere where there is soil. But if u mean "what is erosion", then the answer is: Erosion is the removal of part of the land surface by wind, water, gravity or ice. These agents can only transport matter if the material has first been broken up by weathering.
How does erosion change earth's surface?
Erosion changes the surface by creating rivers, streams and valleys.
How does erosion change the physical surface?
Erosion changes the physical surface by removing part of the surface. This can be inform of abrasion or eroding away components of the surface.
What is the removal of surface material by wind and water?
erosion
Erosion is a natural process that does what?
Removes the surface material of the earth.
The removal and transport of surface material by wind and water?
Erosion.
A special material can be painted on the surface of rock sculpture to prevent erosion?
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When surface material such as rock and soil is moved from place to place is called?
erosion
What is the movement of surface material from one place to another?
I think it is called Erosion
What are two ways the earth breaks down?
earthquake earthquake Weathering and Erosion. Weathering is the breaking down of the earth's surface, and erosion is the moving of weathered material.
What is water erousion?
Erosion is the detachment of earth material from the surface. Once detached, agents like water or wind transport the material to a new location where it is deposited. The most ubiquitous form of erosion is that done by water.
What is the function of Flat rasp tool?
Removing small amounts of material to leave a surface smooth.
What shaped earths surface?
Erosion and deposition shapes the Earth's surface.
What is the wearing away of the earth's surface?
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