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All erosion is powerful, especially given millions of years. Running water is particularly powerful because the water cycle constantly causes Fluvial erosion globally, and it is the extent to which running water is found compared to the other agents which makes it so powerful. Rivers in particular are able to transport a lot of material, and the sheer force of a river, like the Amazon for example, means that it erodes far quicker than any other form of erosion.

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What is the most effective agent of erosion?

Water is considered the most effective agent of erosion on Earth's surface. Its ability to flow, transport sediment, and shape landscapes through processes like rivers, rainfall, and waves make it a powerful force in shaping the Earth's topography over time.


What effect ersion?

every kind of erosion have a different effects foe example water erosion water erosion effects the stones by the chemicals in the water .


What are some of the powerful forces that change the earth's surface?

There is a type of matter in a neutron star that will completely change the earth's surface and it is called strange matter that is so powerful that it will make the earth a blob of a mess, even water!


Define erosion and tell how gravity works with water ice and wind to cause erosion?

•The key to erosion is something called "fluid flow." Water, air, and even ice are fluids because they tend to flow from one place to another due to the force of gravity. Of the three, liquid water is the most common agent of erosion because there's so much of it on the surface of the Earth .


How does erosion affect caves?

Because it blows around so much that the wind stops erosion. This answer may not be right but it should be close. So look it up somewhere else. +++ Assuming it was a genuine question, I offer a genuine answer rather than nonsense that is neither right nor close. Caves except lava-tubes are themselves erosion features, the majority by dissolution of limestone by water flowing through the joints etc in the rock mass. External erosion will in time remove a cave as it removes the land that held it. Sea-caves are formed by wave action on the cliff.

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What makes a glacier such a powerful agent of erosion and depositions?

Because it is so big and bulky.


Is there water erosion on Jupiter?

Erosion is not a solid planet, like Earth, it is a gas giant. As such it does not have a surface to erode by anything. So there is no water erosion on Jupiter.


Why does mars have water erosion?

because i say so.


What is the most effective agent of erosion?

Water is considered the most effective agent of erosion on Earth's surface. Its ability to flow, transport sediment, and shape landscapes through processes like rivers, rainfall, and waves make it a powerful force in shaping the Earth's topography over time.


Is water more powerful than wind?

Wind controls water, so no.


Why are African runners so successful in long distance running and marathon races?

because they are very powerful and they love running


What effect ersion?

every kind of erosion have a different effects foe example water erosion water erosion effects the stones by the chemicals in the water .


Is there eroision on the moon?

There is no atmosphere on the Moon and no large bodies of water to cause any forms of erosion, so there is no erosion like on Earth.


Why is erosion after a rainfall a concern desert areas?

because the land is so dry that it can not absorb all of the water. Therefore causing erosion.


What caused the slow erosion of the Appalachian Mountains?

The Appalachian mountains are a lot older than the Rockies so they are shorter, and rounder. The erosion has been slow over thousands of years, but things that made the mountains erode are running water like streams or rain, wind, and gravity pulling rocks downhill.


What will happen to the ground water if the erosion process in not stopped?

Groundwater is the cause of erosion so the real question you might be asking is "what will happent to all the soil because of groundwater causing erosion"


What agents of erosion are assisted by the force of gravity?

The agents of erosion are: running water, glaciers, waves, and wind. # I would say that wind is the top agent of erosion that is assisted by gravity because gravity pulls down the sediments that the wind is eroding. # Running water is probably the second because gravity is the force that moves rock and other materials downhill, so if running water is moving downhill, gravity helps it. # Finally, glaciers is another agent assisted by gravity because glaciers also move downhill taking down eroded sediment with it.

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