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How I understand it. And I reckon the Verschränkungen refer to torsion of the vehicle body.

Based on your links, how about this:

Scalloping/Feathering: Scalloping, which some techs call feathering, is when all the tread blocks on one shoulder develop a wear pattern in which one block edge is higher than the other, leaving a set of raised edges on the leading or trailing edge of each block. Running your fingers lightly along the tread blocks produces an unmistakable “flutter” as you brush over the raised edges. The earliest sign of this kind of wear is often an unpleasant change in the noise the tire produces – the high hum of the “tire song” often changes to a loud growl as the edges strike pavement. This is generally caused by incorrect camber, and can be thought of as pretty much the larval stage of the one shoulder wear described above - it's just possible that you've caught it early enough that if you correct the alignment, the tire just might “wear back in” to a more normal pattern over time. Scalloping is often indirectly caused by an impact that knocks the alignment out.

It sounds like what the guy is talking about in your "motor-talk" link. Got to admit, though, this is a new one on me, both in German AND English.

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Well, I went with tires. If it has to do with landscape, then you are right, I am off-context.

Als fluviatile Erosion bezeichnet man die einschneidende Tätigkeit von fließenden Gewässern. Das Ausmaß der Erosion ist abhängig von der Wassermenge des Fließgewässers, der Wasserturbulenz und mitgeführtem Material, der Geländemorphologie (Gefälle) und von der Gesteinsart im Untergrund.
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Auswaschung und Efforation
Als Auswaschungen bezeichnet man durch fließendes Wasser oder durch Regen verursachte Formen der Erosion, durch welche die Erdoberfläche verändert und nivelliert wird.
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Efforation
Efforation ist die Bezeichnung für die Aushöhlung des Gesteins durch unter Druck stehendem, rasch fließendem und allenfalls auch feste Bestandteile führendem Wasser bzw. lineare Erosion unter hohem Wasserdruck.
http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Geologisches...

Als Auswaschung bezeichnet man in der Bodenkunde einen bodenbildenden Prozess, bei dem Stoffe im Boden in Lösung gehen und diese Lösung durch versickerndes Wasser abgeführt wird.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auswaschung

Die Ausbildung vertikaler Höhlenstrukturen wird durch verschiedene Faktoren bestimmt. Fließendes Wasser kann den senkrechten Kamin oder Schacht durch chemische Lösungsvorgänge oder korrasive Wirkung weiter vergrößern. Es wirken dabei Prozesse der Efforation (Druckerosion), Gravitationserosion (Tiefenerosion) und Seitenerosion.[1][2]
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schacht_(Höhlenkunde)

agr. ecol. geol. eluviation Auswaschung {f} [Boden]
chem. elution Auswaschung {f}
geol. tech. erosion Auswaschung {f}
agr. ecol. geol. eluviation Auswaschung {f} [Boden]
chem. elution Auswaschung {f}
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http://www.dict.cc/?s=auswaschung

Die Wanderer müssen sich auf dem Höhenweg darum bemühen, Abkürzungen zu vermeiden und so die Auswirkungen durch die Auswaschungen der Gewässer und den Abbau des fruchtbaren Bodens zu vermindern.
dolomitibelluno.it
Hikers must try to stick to the path and avoid shortcuts in order to reduce the consequences of eluviation (the washing out or removal of soil substance from the earth) and the erosion of fertile top soils.
dolomitibelluno.it

Durch die Kalkauflösung in den Fugen des Gesteins bilden sich allmählich größere Kluftsysteme in die größere Wassermengen eindringen können, die sodann weitere Auswaschungen (Erosionen) bewirken.
eisriesenwelt.at
As a result of the limestone dissolving the cracks become wider and the everincreasing crevices allow greater volumes of water to pass through, which in turn causes greater erosion.
eisriesenwelt.at

http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/uebersetzung/auswasch...

The process of removal of materials from geological or soil horizons is called eluviation or leaching. There is a difference in the usage of this term in geology and soil science. In soil science, eluviation is the transport of soil material from upper layers of soil to lower levels by downward precipitation of water across soil horizons, and accumulation of this material (illuvial deposit) in lower levels is called illuviation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eluviation

Illuvium is material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another one, by the action of rainwater. The removal of material from a soil layer is called eluviation. The transport of the material may be either mechanical or chemical. The process of deposition of illuvium is termed illuviation. [1] It is a water-assisted transport in a basically vertical direction, as compared to alluviation, the horizontal running water transfer. The resulting deposits are called illuvial deposits. Cutans are a type of illuvial deposit. [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuviation

Valley or stream erosion occurs with continued water flow along a linear feature. The erosion is both downward, deepening the valley, and headward, extending the valley into the hillside, creating head cuts and steep banks. In the earliest stage of stream erosion, the erosive activity is dominantly vertical, the valleys have a typical V cross-section and the stream gradient is relatively steep. When some base level is reached, the erosive activity switches to lateral erosion, which widens the valley floor and creates a narrow floodplain. The stream gradient becomes nearly flat, and lateral deposition of sediments becomes important as the stream meanders across the valley floor. In all stages of stream erosion, by far the most erosion occurs during times of flood, when more and faster-moving water is available to carry a larger sediment load. In such processes, it is not the water alone that erodes: suspended abrasive particles, pebbles and boulders can also act erosively as they traverse a surface, in a process known as traction.[11]
Bank erosion is the wearing away of the banks of a stream or river. This is distinguished from changes on the bed of the watercourse, which is referred to as scour. Erosion and changes in the form of river banks may be measured by inserting metal rods into the bank and marking the position of the bank surface along the rods at different times.[12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion

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Because seasonally dry grasslands, such as the Massai Mara, are risk of desertification, Onyeanusi (1986) set out to examine the erosion risk caused by off-road driving.
http://books.google.de/books?id=gwsenf9DisQC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA9...

Some people dislike the bumpy bouncing caused by off road driving, but don’t comment because they feel their guide is determined to do his utmost to produce the goods. Other won’t express their displeasure in driving off road, …
Even if off-road driving is allowed and encouraged by the safari camp, be ever conscious of environmental damage.
http://books.google.de/books?id=vAPFj_PhutIC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA8...

Off-roading is the activity of driving or riding a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or tracks, made of materials such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain.
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Off-road vehicle use on public land has been criticized by some members of the U.S. government[3] and environmental organizations including the Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society.[4][5] They have noted several consequences of illegal ORV use such as pollution, trail damage, erosion, land degradation, possible species extinction,[6] and habitat destruction[7][8] which can leave hiking trails impassable.[9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-roading