Weathering and erosion slowly chisel, polish, and buff Earth's rock into ever evolving works of art—and then wash the remains into the sea. The processes are definitively independent ...

Erosion is the process that wears away the river bed and banks. Erosion also breaks up the rocks that are carried by the river. Landslides are occasional, rapid movements of a mass of earth or ...

Exposed rocks along the coastline can be broken down by the processes of weathering. Freeze-thaw weathering occurs when rocks are porous (contain holes) or permeable (allow water to pass through).