"severe erosion" is an appropriate and usable phrase in written English.
Here is an example sentence using this phrase: "The cliffside was subject to severe erosion over the course of many years, resulting in a dramatic change of the beach's shoreline."
Because many ultisol areas of the southern United States have been in row-crop tillage for several centuries, severe erosion has resulted, further limiting their productivity.
Deforestation has led to severe erosion of a soil that was never known for its fertility.
Significant clearing of the slopes, combined with the region's enormous rainfall, would result in severe erosion, Mr. Mead said.
The brigade also lobbied for $4.5 million in federal funds to fortify the island against severe erosion in 2001.
But the lasting damage of the spill, severe erosion of the shoreline, took months longer to unfold.
She promised that as president she would deliver "jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs" across the Rust Belt, which has seen a severe erosion of manufacturing jobs in recent decades.
Strontia Springs Reservoir, a main water source for Denver, required a $20 million cleanup after a large fire resulted in severe erosion.
— Researchers who study the beaches of the Outer Banks have long noticed that storms cause particularly severe erosion in areas they call hot spots.
Everywhere in this section the poor scrub forests have long since been removed, and the hills are subject to severe erosion.
Because the rows are planted so far apart, and because the soil is left bare through autumn, winter and much of the spring, maize causes more severe erosion than any other cereal crop.
"Then obviously there's the arch," Ms. Lees added, referring to Washington Arch, which has been barricaded since 1991 because of severe erosion, with renovations just resuming after a hiatus of three years.
