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Abrasion (geology)
Process of wearing down or wearing away of rocks by the hard particles carried by rivers, glaciers, wind and waves
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Erosion
Processes which remove soil and rock from one place on the Earth's crust, then transport it to another location where it is deposited
Geomorphology
The scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them
Landslide
Type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
Mass wasting
Movement of rock or soil down slopes
Subsidence
The motion of a surface (usually, the Earth's surface) as it shifts downward relative to a datum such as sea-level
Weathering
Breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biota