Preferred term
erosion
Definition
- [GEMET] The general process or the group of processes whereby the materials of Earth's crust are loosened , dissolved, or worn away and simultaneously moved from one place to another, by natural agencies, which include weathering, solution, corrosion, and transportation, but usually exclude mass wasting.
Broader concept
Note
- [controlled by ] Staszewski 08.06.2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- تآكل
Bulgarian
- Ерозия
Croatian
- erozija
Czech
- eroze
Danish
- erosion
Dutch
- erosie
Estonian
- erosioon, uuristus
Finnish
- eroosio
French
- érosion
German
- Erosion
Greek
- διάβρωση
Hungarian
- erózió
Italian
- erosione
Latvian
- erozija
Lithuanian
- erozija
Norwegian
- erosjon
Polish
- erozja
Portuguese
- erosão
Romanian
- eroziune
Slovak
- erózia
Slovenian
- erozija
Spanish
- erosión
Swedish
- erosion
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21285