Processes of erosion
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- Created on: 28-04-16 13:01
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- Processes of erosion
- Hydraulic action
- Sheer force of water hitting the bed
- This is most effective when the water is moving fast.
- Abrasion
- Occurs when the load of the river repeatedly hits off the river bed and banks
- Causes bits of the river beds to fall off
- Attrition
- When stones and boulders carried by the river knock against each other.
- Load breaks down and becomes smaller
- Solution
- Only occurs when on permeable rocks such as chalk
- This occurs when the rocks are soluble in rainwater
- Becomes part of the water as they are dissolved
- Hydraulic action
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