stream erosion
Current carves land
Stream erosion is the wearing away of rock, soil, and sediment by flowing water.
Rivers and streams cut channels, carve valleys, and transport material downstream through hydraulic action, abrasion, and dissolution.
The canyon was formed by millions of years of stream erosion.
The process shapes landscapes dramatically over geological time.
- riverbankLand bordering a stream
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- gullyChannel carved by flowing water
- channelPassage for transmission
- river bendCurve in a stream
current · running water · carving · rocks · meander · canyon · steep walls · waterfall · rapids · flash flood · gravel · muddy · water table · flow · bedrock · gorge · silt · soil loss
stream erosionglacial erosion
Landscape shaping by ice sheets
wind erosion · wave erosion · coastal erosion · chemical weathering · dissolution
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