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Wind erosion can cause deflation and abrasion. Deflation occurs when wind removes loose soil particles, leaving the finer soil particles behind. It often affects plowed fields and bare soil. Abrasion occurs when blowing sand hits rocks and soil, wearing away the surface. Sand dunes form when wind slows after being blocked by an obstacle, causing it to drop the sand it was carrying to form mounds with gentle slopes on the windward side and steep slopes on the leeward side. Loess is very fine silt and clay de
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