Erosive
serving to ; causing .
historical examples
there can be no doubt, then, that glaciers have an erosive action, and therefore must be regarded as agents of denudation.
the story of the hills h. n. hutchinson
in this excursion only the marginal portion of the glacier would do erosive work.
outlines of the earth’s history nathaniel southgate shaler
the erosive action of the sea, from our present point of view, is of comparatively little importance.
fragments of earth lore james geikie
the laws of gravitation, the erosive powers of water, the effects of frost, are just the same at wholesale as they are at retail.
the spell of switzerland nathan haskell dole
the mesas of arizona, the earth sculpture of the grand canyon remain as monuments to the erosive forces which produced them.
influences of geographic environment ellen churchill semple
then the erosive waste exceeds the growth by up-bulging, and mountain decay begins.
appletons’ popular science monthly, february 1900 various
vast portions of the mountain have already been carried away by the erosive forces of ice and running water.
your national parks enos a. mills
as soon as it appears above the water it is attacked by erosive agents.
appletons’ popular science monthly, february 1900 various
they have been robbed by the erosive action of waves and running water.
earth and sky every child should know julia ellen rogers
of still greater destructive influence, however, than these solvent agencies in earth and sea, are the erosive agencies of both.
darwin, and after darwin (vol. 1 and 3, of 3) george john romanes
erosive e·ro·sive (ĭ-rō’sĭv)
adj.
causing erosion.
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