severe erosion

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereanderosion

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severe
adjective
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/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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erosion
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪˈroʊ.ʒən/
the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, ...
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(Definition ofsevereanderosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The present area has undergone extensive development of oil palm plantations and subsequentsevereerosionover the last ten years.
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It would mean asevereerosionof our competitiveness for the third year running.
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There has been asevereerosionof the services which the public are entitled to receive from local authorities.
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The combination of raised water levels and strong waves resulted insevereerosionalong many beaches.
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Usually impermeable groynes are non-submerged, since flow over the top of solid groynes may causesevereerosionalong the shanks.
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In summer and autumn 2012,severeerosionnorth and south of the site caused large chunks of land to fall into the sea.
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The head sports large earflares that completely cover the earlobes, althoughsevereerosionmakes their exact form difficult to distinguish.
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Atomic oxygen, which is the most prevalent atomic species encountered in low earth orbit, is highly reactive with plastics and some metals, causingsevereerosion.
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This has resulted insevereerosionof the site's sculpture.
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The popularity of the path meant that it suffered fromsevereerosion, but it has been reconstructed in recent years.
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A severe forest fire was almost inevitable, followed bysevereerosionand the creation of a "second-growth" forest that differed from the previous old-growth forest in many ways.
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These were often made with insufficient forethought and often suffer moderate tosevereerosionproblems, or may be overgrown and difficult to follow much of the year.
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Additionally, there were driveways withsevereerosion.
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By the late 1960s, increasing runoff in the creek from the growing cities in the watershed begun to spell ecological problems andsevereerosionfor the creek.
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However, their eggs must be deposited above the high tide water line to survive and the entire island is covered with water at certain points because of thesevereerosion.
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A severe forest fire was almost inevitable, followed bysevereerosionand the creation of a second-growth forest that differed from the previous old-growth forest in many ways.
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In 1911, a sea wall had to be constructed because of thesevereerosionthat occurred as a result of the relentless pounding of the ocean's waves.
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However, logging and resultantsevereerosioncaused by the storms in 1964 caused hillsides to slump into the river near the mouth, filling its channel with debris and large boulders.
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