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the patience of water proving it can outlast any mountain it meets
means The gradual wearing away of land, rock, or soil by water, wind, or ice over time.
from From Latin erodere, 'to gnaw away' — built from e- ('out, away') and rodere ('to gnaw'), the same gnawing root that gives us 'rodent.' So erosion is, quite literally, the world being nibbled down: water and wind as slow, ceaseless teeth. The word arrived in English by way of French érosion.
- grand canyon
- carved by a river over six million years
- soil loss
- erosion removes topsoil faster than nature rebuilds it
- sculptor
- wind-blown sand shaped the Sphinx's eroded body
- raindrop force
- a single drop can dislodge soil on impact
- coastlines retreat
- some cliffs lose meters of land yearly
grand canyon — colorado river carved 1 mile deep gorge over 6 million years through arizona
white cliffs of dover — chalk cliffs retreating 1 foot per year on english channel coast due to wave erosion
niagara falls — waterfall recedes 3-4 feet annually, having moved 7 miles upstream since formation 12,000 years ago