Erosion is largely done by sediment being transported by the water I believe. The same principle is used in cutting water jets, it isnt the water pressure that cuts things, the water is a medium for abrasive materials
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janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
This is also how they cut rocks in ancient egypt I believe? Not with water, mind you, but would use a pretty mediocre if not useless saw but would drop sand in there, so it was actually the sand cutting the rock
girlnamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2 hours ago
Yep! The would use a saw that often had a blade made of string, like a bow, but would but gritty, sandy water in the hole they were cutting to slowly grind it away. I think they would also use “dull” copper saws (don’t quote me on that one though)
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
😮
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
As my compatriot elucidated, when we were wee morons of damn near adult age, “I could keep stabbing this pole with this piece of metal, and after many eons of stabbing, this pole would come down!”
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
huh?
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
Eventually, water always wins. But that eventually can take a lot longer than we have patience for
just2look@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Water is also lazy though, and will go wherever is easiest. And that frequently means exactly where you don’t want it to go.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Some say it just goes with the flow.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
But, shall we discuss the ways will go? Sets watch
bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
because how much force the water is hitting it matters, you can just cut your drainage pipe in half if you use those water blades.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
New rock paper scissors just dropped. Rock Water Hair.
Hair blocks water. Rock breaks hair. Water cuts rock.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
That’s fun!
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 minute ago
Just give it a few thousand years.