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e·ro·sion

(ĭ-rō′zhən)

1. The group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface.

2. The superficial destruction of bodily tissue by friction, pressure, ulceration, or trauma.

3. The process of eroding or the condition of being eroded: erosion of confidence in the governor; erosion of the value of the dollar.

[Latin ērōsiō, ērōsiōn-, an eating away, from ērōsus, eaten away; see erose.]

e·ro′sion·al adj.

e·ro′sion·al·ly adv.

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erosion

(ɪˈrəʊʒən)

1. (Geological Science) the wearing away of rocks and other deposits on the earth's surface by the action of water, ice, wind, etc

2. the act or process of eroding or the state of being eroded

eˈrosive, eˈrosional adj

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e•ro•sion

(ɪˈroʊ ʒən)

n.

1. the act or process of eroding.

2. the state of being eroded.

3. the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.

[1535–45; < Latin ērōsiō. See erode, -tion]

e•ro′sion•al, adj.

e·ro·sion

(ĭ-rō′zhən)

The gradual wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or a glacier. Usually erosion also involves the transfer of eroded material from one place to another, as from the top of a mountain to an adjacent valley, or from the upstream portion of a river to the downstream portion.

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erosion

The removal of loose mineral particles by wind, water, and moving ice.

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Noun	1.	erosion - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) eating away, eroding, wearing, wearing away geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks chatter mark - marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier ablation - the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers attrition, corrasion, detrition - erosion by friction beach erosion - the erosion of beaches geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified deflation - (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape" planation - the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced soil erosion - the washing away of soil by the flow of water
	2.	erosion - condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind environmental condition - the state of the environment
	3.	erosion - a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors" decline, diminution - change toward something smaller or lower
	4.	erosion - erosion by chemical action corroding, corrosion chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved pitting, indentation, roughness - the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion rusting, rust - the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

erosion

noun

1. disintegration, deterioration, corrosion, corrasion, wearing down or away, grinding down erosion of the river valleys

2. deterioration, wearing, undermining, destruction, consumption, weakening, spoiling, attrition, eating away, abrasion, grinding down, wearing down or away an erosion of moral standards

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erosión

erosion

[ɪˈrəʊʒən] N

1. (Geol) → erosión f; [of metal] → corrosión f

2. (fig) → desgaste m

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erode

(iˈrəud) verb

to eat or wear away (metals etc); to destroy gradually. Acids erode certain metals; Water has eroded the rock; The individual's right to privacy is being eroded.erosionar, corroer, desgastar

eˈrosion (-ʒən) noun

erosión

e·ro·sion

n. erosión, desgaste.

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erosion

n erosión f

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At the far end I could see that erosion from above had washed down sufficient rubble to form a narrow ribbon of beach.

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Possibly because of some fault that had occurred when the knolls were flung together, and certainly helped by freakish erosion, the hole had been scooped out in the course of centuries by the wash of water.

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It was the erosion from this hillside, he judged, that had formed the little level stretch of vegetable garden.

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An area, as large perhaps as Sussex, has been lifted up en bloc with all its living contents, and cut off by perpendicular precipices of a hardness which defies erosion from all the rest of the continent.

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He's always draining and ditching to stop erosion, and experimenting with pasture grasses.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 15, 2019-: DCC still closely monitoring coastal erosion at Ocean Beach

DCC still closely monitoring coastal erosion at Ocean Beach

SIALKOT -- The recent increase in level of the flood water in River Chenab at Head Marala near Sialkot has also hastened the erosion of land.

Rise in Chenab's water level hastens land erosion

NAROWAL -- Three houses have been demolished and 15 more are at a high risk of damage due to erosion of Nullah Baeen in Shakargarh's Punjorha village.

Erosion triggers collapse of three houses

The sum of N500 million has been released by the Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya in his determination to address severe gully erosion problems bedevilling parts of Gombe State.

Erosion Control: Gombe Governor Releases N500 Million Counterpart Funds

Bangladesh may lose around 4,000 hectares of land this year due to riverbank erosion, displacing over 28,000 people living on the banks of the major rivers - the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, according to a researcher.

Riverbank erosion may eat up 4,000 hectares land this year

Keywords: Soil erosion, land degradation, RUSLE, GIS and Remote Sensing.

GIS based risk modeling of soil erosion under different scenarios of land use change in Simly watershed of Pakistan