Abrasion (geology)
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Abrasion is mechanical scraping of a rock surface by friction between rocks and moving particles during their transport in wind, glacier, waves, gravity or running water.
The intensity of abrasion depends on the hardness, concentration, velocity and mass of moving particles.
Abrasion polishes rock faces.
