Erosion is the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distinct from weathering which involves no movement. Removal of rock or soil as clastic sediment is referred to as physical or mechanical erosion; this contrasts with chemical erosion, where soil or rock material is removed from an area by dissolution. Eroded sediment or solutes may be transported just a few millimetres, or for thousands of kilometres.

अपरदन (erosion) वह प्राकृतिक प्रक्रिया है, जिसमें चट्टानों का विखंडन और परिणामस्वरूप निकले ढीले पदार्थों का जल, पवन, हिम इत्यादि प्रक्रमों द्वारा स्थानांतरण होता है। अपरदन के प्रक्रमों में वायु, जल तथा हिमनद और सागरीय लहरें प्रमुख हैं।