Cycle of erosion

Japanese: cycle of erosion(英語表記)cycleoferosion
Cycle of erosion

...If this is uplifted, it will reach a higher level, and erosion will resume, flattening the entire terrain toward the erosion base level, and the same process of topographical change due to erosion will be repeated. For this reason, this process of topographical change is called a geomorphic cycle, or, since it focuses mainly on topography that changes due to erosion, a cycle of erosion. It is believed that each part of the Earth's surface has undergone a geomorphic cycle many times since the creation of the Earth. Next, topography can be compared to a human life, divided into childhood, adulthood, and old age, and each of these can be further divided into early, late, and full life as necessary. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cycle of erosion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これが隆起させられれば高みにいたり,浸食作用は再び興って浸食基準面に向かって全体の地形を平らにするような前回と同じ浸食による地形変化の経過が繰り返される。このゆえにこのような地形変化過程を地形輪廻geomorphic cycleまたは,浸食作用により変化する地形をおもな対象としたため浸食輪廻cycle of erosionと呼び,地表の各部分は地球創生以来それぞれ何回も地形輪廻を経過してきたと考えられている。 次地形は人の一生にたとえ,幼年期,壮年期,老年期に分け,その中を必要によって早,晩,満を付して細分する。…

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