The major cause of wind erosion is the jumping motion of the smaller soil particles, a process called saltation.
In the upper course there is more vertical erosion as the river is less powerful, so material cannot be moved in suspension and is instead moved along the river bed using traction or saltation.
The mechanics of arboreal leaping do not differ from those of terrestrial saltation; the upward thrust in both is produced by the rapid, simultaneous extension of the hind legs.
In the upper course there is more vertical erosion as the river is less powerful, so material cannot be moved in suspension and is instead moved along the river bed using traction or saltation.
The locomotor pattern of saltation (hopping) is confined mainly to kangaroos, anurans (tailless amphibians), rabbits, and some groups of rodents in the vertebrates and to a number of insect families in the arthropods.
saltation
noun process
- (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
noun event
- (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
noun event
- an abrupt transition
noun act
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
noun act
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
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