Geomorphology

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3 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Geomorphology.

• Hydraulic action — Mechanical erosion in which moving water and pressure fluctuations directly dislodge material from a riverbed, bank or coast.
• Pediment (geology) — A gently sloping erosional bedrock surface extending from the foot of a retreating upland, commonly bearing only a thin veneer of transported sediment.
• Slope-Former — A geomorphic role in which a bedrock or stratigraphic unit weathers and erodes less resistantly than adjacent units under a stated process regime, expressing itself as a relatively gentle outcrop slope.