Definition: 1. Erosion by chemical action. 2. A gradual decline of something. 3. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it). 4. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind.
Use 'erosion' in a sentence:
1. This is usually followed by the drying of the soil and accelerated erosion.
2. Soil erosion has become the global hot topic with the development of social economy.
3. These developments have caused major changes like additional erosion of the Earth's surface and deforestation.
4. Unconformities are surfaces of erosion or non-deposition.
5. This leaves fertile soil unprotected and prone to erosion.
6. The government has made attempts to reduce soil erosion.
7. Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.
8. The synergism between erosion and corrosion is main factor resulting in slurry erosion depredation of materials.
9. They did so, though, while doing little to stop the erosion of available aid.
10. Article 38 The State encourages development of unused land by units or individuals according to the general plans for the utilization of land and under the precondition of protecting and improving the ecological environment, preventing water loss, soil erosion and desertification.
11. Erosion of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years.
12. In contrast, the roots of grasses and other small plants may help to hold loose soil fragments together, thereby helping to prevent erosion by the wind.
13. Ocean currents and salt erosion are causing the damage as are microbes, which are eating away at the metal, creating stalactites of rust from the ship.
14. As a result of continuous water erosion, in the course of time a huge cave was formed.
15. We'll never be able to stop beach erosion, we can only stave it off.
16. Soil erosion decreased their crop yields.
17. Control of loss of water and soil erosion.
18. El Salvador has earned the dubious distinction of having the worst soil erosion in continental America.
19. Others point out that decreased sediment loads will likely lead to erosion of downstream riverbanks and the Mekong Delta.
20. Tree-planting helps to conserve water and prevent soil erosion.
21. Because the Moon has no atmosphere, its surface is not subject to erosion, so it retains the marks of its early history.
22. Oligocene erosion had truncated the sediments draped over the dome.
23. Once the soil has been removed by erosion, only the passage of centuries or millennia will enable new soil to form.
24. We enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture, yet we never bother to think about the serious soil erosion caused by deforestation.
25. Unfortunately, such estimates did not adequately account for past differences in rates of sedimentation or losses to the total section of strata during episodes of erosion.
26. The simulation takes no account of the effects of coastal erosion.
27. All the countries in the world have different degrees of soil erosion.
28. Overall, organic farms tend to store more soil carbon, have better soil quality, and reduce soil erosion compared to their conventional counterparts.
29. Abrasion also abets wind erosion.
30. Soil conservation is intended to curb erosion.
31. There are a number of different methods of reducing soil erosion.
32. Although soil erosion here is serious, environment quality is good.
33. The president was facing a very significant erosion of public support.
34. The sheep, horses, goats and pigs brought by Europeans, however, have hard hooves, which compress the thin soil and cause erosion.
35. Soil erosion dynamic monitoring is a new research subject at home and abroad.
36. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the entire site became covered with a layer of hard grey clay, which minimised further erosion.
37. The main reason is that cavitation erosion occurred in pervasion pipe of lubricator.
38. Melting Residual Stress is the main factor Causing Stress erosion damage on Austenite Rustless Steel's Structures.
39. They did so though while doing little to stop the erosion of available aid.
40. The weather, in its many forms, is the main agent of erosion.
41. Erosion, of course, is one of the key reasons for its destruction, but human activity is also increasingly responsible.
42. Plant life balances ecosystems, protects watersheds, mitigates erosion, moderates climate and provides shelter for many animal species.
43. Rather, they found that local areas experienced different patterns of rainfall, wind, and erosion, and that such conditions had prevailed in the Southwest for the last 1,400 years.
44. Artificial neural network model for slope soil erosion.
45. As their roots are strong and penetrating, they prevent erosion.
46. One of the stumbling blocks in the Doha round, for example, was "preference erosion".
47. Water absorption is greatly reduced; consequently runoff is increased, resulting in accelerated erosion rates.
48. We will promote afforestation, take comprehensive steps to control desertification, stony deserts, and soil erosion, strengthen wetland conservation and restoration, and better prevent and control geological disasters.
49. Spatial Characteristics and Countermeasures of Soil Erosion in Fujian Province.
50. Erosion of gently dipping strata commonly results in the formation of asymmetrical ridges known as cuestas.
51. The erosion of beach here is serious.
52. In all these diverse regions, Agassiz saw signs of glacial erosion and sedimentation.
53. Desertification is accomplished primarily through the loss of stabilizing natural vegetation and the subsequent accelerated erosion of the soil by wind and water.
54. Soil erosion was mitigated by the planting of trees.
55. The green ice portion was textured by seawater erosion.
56. In dry areas, the wind is the principal agent of erosion.
57. More familiar landscapes have been sculpted by surface erosion.
