The removal of a thin layer of surface material, usually topsoil, by a flowing sheet of water.
the removal of a fairly uniform layer of soil from the land surface by raindrop splash and/or runoff ( see rill erosion, gully erosion)
The removal of a fairly uniform layer of soil from the land surface by raindrop splash and/or runoff. No perceptible channels are formed.
occurs when a sheet of soil particles is removed while water flows uniformly over the surface.
Related Topics: [ erosion] [ runoff] The uniform removal of soil in thin layers. Of course, this is nearly impossible; in reality, the loose soil merely runs off with the surface runoff water.
The removal of a fairly uniform layer of soil material from the land surface by the action of rainfall and surface runoff.
Soil erosion occurring from a thin, relatively uniform layer of soil particles on the soil surface. Also called inter-rill erosion.
Peeling off thin layers of soil from the land surface; accomplished primarily by wind and water.
The removal of a thin, relatively uniform layer of soil from the land surface caused by runoff.
The removal of the upper layers of soil by raindrop splash and/or runoff.
The gradual and uniform removal of the surface soil by water without forming any rills or gullies.
Erosion of thin layers of soil by sheets of flowing water.
the washing away of soil in layers form barren, sloping land by rainfall. [AHDOS
(Also called sheet wash.) Erosion of thin layers of earth-surface material, more or less evenly, from extended areas of gently sloping land by broad continuous sheets of running water, without the formation of rills, gullies, or other channelized flow.
