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    • New Zealand Steep landscape with pine trees and erosion
    Rights: Matt McCloy Published 10 April 2024 Size: 1.1 MB Referencing Hub media

    This is an example of erosion1 caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Exotic forests and pasture on steep terrain were impacted by the heavy rains.

    1. erosion: Wearing away of the land by mechanical action, such as by wind, water and glaciers, and by material carried in them. It can also be the gradual wearing away of a surface due to friction, particle collisions or chemical attack. Part of the process of erosion transports material away.

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      2. Wearing away of the land by mechanical action, such as by wind, water and glaciers, and by material carried in them. It can also be the gradual wearing away of a surface due to friction, particle collisions or chemical attack. Part of the process of erosion transports material away.

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