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Horizontal erosion is also known as lateral erosion. It is the wearing away of earth from a footpath or river bank.
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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.
List two events that can disturb rock-layer sequence?
Erosion of exposed strata with subsequent sedimentation and stratification and folding of strata from horizontal forces or tilting.
What is erosion and types of erosion?
Erosion is the process of carrying bits of rocks and other materials. There are two types of erosion called water erosion and wind erosion.
What are three transporting agents of erosion?
water erosion, wind erosion, and glacial erosion.
What are the five forces or erosion?
Wind erosion, liquid erosion, chemical/corrosive erosion, heat erosion, can't think of any more...
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.
What is the flattening of a slope on a hill to prevent erosion?
flattening of slope is generally a method of cutting the hill slope in the shape of steps. these steps being horizontal instead of slopey is better to check erosion.
What is the landscape of the mountain region?
Plateau- it has a horizontal bedrock structure and is a continuation of the Allegheny plateau. It looks like mountains because of stream and glacial erosion.
List two events that can disturb rock-layer sequence?
Erosion of exposed strata with subsequent sedimentation and stratification and folding of strata from horizontal forces or tilting.
What type of landscape region is the catskills mountain?
Plateau- it has a horizontal bedrock structure and is a continuation of the Allegheny plateau. It looks like mountains because of stream and glacial erosion.
Is the symbol hyphen a slash or horizontal line?
A horizontal line.A horizontal line.A horizontal line.A horizontal line.
What are types of erosions?
There is water erosion, wind erosion, ice erosion, basically anything that breaks down earth materials is erosion.
What is the wearing away of the earth's surface?
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What are Two landforms created by rivers?
v-shaped valley ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONwaterfall ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONalluvial fan ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONflood plain ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONlevees ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONmeanders ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONox - bow lake ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONbraiding ...................EROSION / DEPOSITIONdelta ...................EROSION / DEPOSITION
What is erosion and types of erosion?
Erosion is the process of carrying bits of rocks and other materials. There are two types of erosion called water erosion and wind erosion.
What are three transporting agents of erosion?
water erosion, wind erosion, and glacial erosion.
What are the five forces or erosion?
Wind erosion, liquid erosion, chemical/corrosive erosion, heat erosion, can't think of any more...
