Weathering is the mechanical and chemical hammer that breaks down and sculpts the rocks. Erosion transports the fragments away. Working together they create and reveal marvels of nature from ...

Erosion is the process that wears away the river bed and banks. Erosion also breaks up the rocks that are carried ... As a result, the soil slowly moves down slope.

erosion, transportation and sedimentation. Substances in river water react with minerals in rocks and cause chemical weathering Weathering close weatheringWeathering breaks down rocks on the ...

Erosion is the suspected culprit in Thursday's collapse of the arch -- a hole formed in the 190-million-year-old sandstone rock situated along Lake Powell, the National Parks Service announced.

The Darwin Arch, a natural rock in the Ecuadorean Province of Galapagos, has collapsed due to “natural erosion,” the Ministry of the Environment and Water reported late on Monday. “We inform ...