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Processes of Erosion

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Cambridge IGCSE Geography Mind Map on Processes of Erosion, created by ellen.bannister on 12/10/2013.

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Processes of Erosion

Hydraulic power
1. Trapped air blasted into cliff holes
  1. cliff smashes due to pressure
    1. Cavitation
Corrasion
1. Fragnments of rock
  1. picked up by sea and hurled at cliff
    1. rocks erode cliff
Abrasion
1. 'sanspapering effect'
  1. pebbles grind over rough surface
    1. Smooth
Solution
1. Rocks dissolved
  1. e.g limestone and chalk
Attrition
1. Rock fragments carried by sea
  1. knock against each other
    1. - smaller and more rounded pebbles

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