侵 食 作 用(しんしょくさよう)

しんしょくさよう

noun

erosion; erosive action

1. erosion; erosive action

The geological process by which water, wind, or ice gradually wears away rock and soil and carries the material elsewhere.

川(かわ)の侵食作用(しんしょくさよう)で谷(たに)ができる。

Rivers form valleys through erosion.

風(かぜ)の侵食作用(しんしょくさよう)が岩(いわ)を削(けず)る。

Wind erosion wears away the rock.

長(なが)い年月(ねんげつ)をかけた侵食作用(しんしょくさよう)が地形(ちけい)を変(か)えていく。

Erosion over long ages gradually reshapes the landscape.

USAGE: 侵食作用(しんしょくさよう) is the geological action of erosion, combining 侵食(しんしょく) (erosion) with 作用(さよう) (action, effect). It is common in earth-science contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

水(みず)の侵食作用(しんしょくさよう): water erosion
侵食作用(しんしょくさよう)を受(う)ける: to undergo erosion

SIMILAR WORDS:

風化作用(ふうかさよう): weathering — the breakdown of rock in place, without transport
堆積(たいせき): deposition — the opposite process, in which sediment builds up

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