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Ask a Teacher - Geography - Physical - A Question from Gillian |
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Gillian |
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What is the difference between lateral and vertical erosion?
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Lateral erosion is from side to side in a valley while vertical is up and down. So a river will cut downwards in to the landscape by vertical erosion to create a v-shaped valley but later in its course the river will cut in a side ways fashion e.g. in the creation of a meander by lateral erosion.
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