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Wind Erosion
Arches National Park Moab, Utah
This one is 291 ft across – the size of a football field – the narrowest part is only 6ft wide
Wave Erosion - The process of uplift, fluctuating sea levels, and wave erosion is etched on the rocks of Cape Flattery, Washington. Benches visible just above the current waterline represent prehistoric sea level. Click image for a larger view.
The steep sides of Doubtful Sound (New Zealand) indicate that it is a flooded glacial valley, formed when the world's sea levels rose following the last ice age.
Glacial Erosion – Fjord
Chalk outcroppings--dome, sugar-loaf and table-shaped--symbolize the different stages of wind erosion. White Desert - Egypt
World famous El Arco - the rock arch of Los Cabos – Baja California
Rocks on Cabo Pulmo beach are worn smooth and round by eons of wave erosion
Wave Erosion
Glacial Erosion – Hornes created by the action of erosion and oversteepening of the headwall of a glacier cirque.