Definition of avulsion

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avulsion

The term 'avulsion' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' (1) rapid erosion of the shoreland by waves during a storm. (2) a sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents, or change in course of a body of water'.

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