What Does
Weathering Mean?
Weathering is a term used to describe the process of mechanical breakdown of rock by the forces of nature especially rain, snow, cold, heat. The definition includes any affect on a a specific place, object or material that is caused by meteorological conditions, and usually causes the gradual breakdown of objects or materials or anything in the specific area or place that is affected.
Safeopedia Explains Weathering
Weathering can also be called erosion as material such as rock is slowly eroded over time as it is gradually broken down by the process of weathering or the effects of weather. Most land masses are affected by weathering, and there are different kinds of weathering that affect land masses. There is physical weathering, which involves purely mechanical breakdown of materials, as with abrasion or wetting and drying, and there is also biological weathering, which involves chemical breakdown of material due to physical or chemical agents from a biological organism.