GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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The process of wearing or grinding something down by wind, water, or other natural agents
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Geology
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Erosion
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Runoff
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Unconformity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Abrasion is the process of erosion produced by the suspended particles that impact on solid objects. Windblown grains of sand, carried along at high speed, are a very effective tool that can sandblast away rocks by abrasion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three processes of wind erosion are surface creep, saltation and suspension.
Detailed explanation-3: -The forces of nature, like wind, water and ice, that cause this wearing away of landscapes and transportation of sediments are called agents of erosion.
Detailed explanation-4: -surface erosion. fluvial erosion. mass-movement erosion. streambank erosion. 24-Nov-2008
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