Water erosion is the act of water washing away of rocks and other earth materials from the environment. There are four types of water erosion: sheet, gully, splash, and rill. |
Examples of Water Erosion:
| Caves and underground tunnels (not man-made) https://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/mass_movement_weathering/water_erosion.html https://agguide.agronomy.psu.edu/cm/sec1/sec11d.cfm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion#Water_erosion |
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A gully formed by water erosion of unprotected soil during a heavy rainfall event. |
Nearly perfect sphere in granite, tregastel, brittany. |
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