wind erosion

[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /

noun

the erosion, transportation, and deposition of topsoil by the wind, especially in dust storms.

Origin of wind erosion

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby wind erosion

wind chimes, wind colic, wind cone, wind down, wind energy, wind erosion, wind farm, wind gap, wind gauge, wind generator, wind harp

Example sentences from the Web for wind erosion

  • The upper part of Ladder Chine shows an interesting example of wind-erosion.

    The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight |J. Cecil Hughes

  • There were monstrous, many-colored cliffs and mesas, every one eaten at in the unmistakable fashion of wind-erosion.

    Sand Doom |William Fitzgerald Jenkins

  • Sastrugi, only six inches high, seen on the 26th, showed the effects of wind-erosion exquisitely.

    The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson