Corrasion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corrasion \Cor*ra"sion\ (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [See {Corrade}.]
     (Geol.)
     The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water,
     principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the
     stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corrasion
       n : erosion by friction [syn: {abrasion}, {attrition}, {detrition}]