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  2. Erosion - Wikipedia

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    Erosion of mountains massifs can create a pattern of equally high summits called summit accordance. [73] It has been argued that extension during post-orogenic collapse is a more effective mechanism of lowering the height of orogenic mountains than erosion. [74] Examples of heavily eroded mountain ranges include the Timanides of

  3. Soil erosion - Wikipedia

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    But because of the complexity of soil erosion and its constituent processes, all erosion models can only roughly approximate actual erosion rates when validated i.e. when model predictions are compared with real-world measurements of erosion. [108] [109] Thus new soil erosion models continue to be developed. Some of these remain USLE-based, e.g ...

  4. Coastal erosion - Wikipedia

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    Given the dynamic nature of the seafloor, changes in the location of shoals and bars may cause the locus of beach or cliff erosion to change position along the shore. [7] Coastal erosion has been greatly affected by the rising sea levels globally. There has been great measures of increased coastal erosion on the Eastern seaboard of the United ...

  5. List of natural phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Examples include: sunrise ... natural phenomena have been observed by a series of countless events as a feature created by nature. ... Erosion; Glacial and peri ...

  6. Cape (geography) - Wikipedia

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    Erosion plays a large role in each of these methods of formation. [3] Coastal erosion by waves and currents can create capes by wearing away softer rock and leaving behind harder rock formations. Movements of the Earth's crust can uplift land, forming capes. For example, the Cape of Good Hope was formed by tectonic forces. Volcanic eruptions ...

  7. Natural arch - Wikipedia

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    Like all rock formations, natural bridges are subject to continued erosion, and will eventually collapse and disappear. One example of this was the double-arched Victorian coastal rock formation, London Bridge, which lost an arch after storms increased erosion. [7]

  8. Gully - Wikipedia

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    Gully erosion may also advance laterally through similar methods, including mass movement, acting on the gully walls (banks), and the development of 'branches' (a type of tributary). Gullies reduce the productivity of farmlands where they incise into the land and produce sediment that may choke downstream waterbodies and reduce water quality ...

  9. Aeolian landform - Wikipedia

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    Examples of Erosional Landforms; Landform Description Image Deflation basin: A depression in the land that can be found in deserts due to the removal of particles by wind; it can also be referred to as a "blowout". Blowout outside of Earth, Texas: Ventifacts: Rock samples that demonstrate the erosion caused by aeolian processes over time.