English-Spanish translations for erosion

• erosión
  El 12 % de los suelos de la UE están afectados por la erosión. Twelve per cent of soils in the EU are affected by erosion.
  La erosión constituye un problema importante, pero no necesariamente en la Unión Europea. Erosion is a big problem, but not necessarily in the European Union.
  La desertización y la erosión interior también son consecuencia del uso de nuestros suelos. Inland erosion and desertification again come down to the use of our land.

Definition of erosion

• The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face
• The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact
• Destruction by abrasive action of fluids
• Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes
• In morphology, a basic operation ; see

Examples

• the erosion of a persons trust
• trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term

Related words

• antierosion
• phonetic erosion
• dune erosion
• eolian erosion
• soil erosion
• castal erosion
• wind erosion