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Erosion is a natural part of the environment; it is when it interferes with human needs that it becomes âbad.â. Even when nutrient-rich materials like topsoil are removed by erosion, the nutrients are transported elsewhere â the loss in one place is a benefit in another. But that other benefit may not be something suitable to people.
In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it away to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).