What is the laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water called?
denudation — (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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