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Erosion |
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Deposition |
dropping of sediment |
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sea cave |
forms when large waves crash into rock |
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sea arch |
forms when wave action erodes a sea cave |
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sea stack |
off shore columns of resistant rock |
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Beach |
an area of the shoreline made of material deposited by waves |
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Barrier island |
island that is deposited of the coastline |
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Delta |
A large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water |
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Abrasion by wind |
is the grinding away of rock |
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sand dune |
is a pile of wind blown sand |
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loess |
is a crumbly windblown deposit of slit and clay |
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saltation |
a dancing hopping or leaping movement |
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deflation |
lifting and removal of fine sediment |
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deflation hollow |
scooped out depressions of sand |
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Desert pavement |
rock fragments that are too heavy to be picked up by wind |
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Mass wasting |
is downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity |
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Landslide |
the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff |
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Rockfall |
a descent of loose rocks |
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Mudflow |
rain mixes with soil and falls down hill |
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Glacier |
a large mass of ice that formed on land |
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Glacial till |
mixture of various sizes of sediment |
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Alpine Glacier |
a glacier that forms on a mountain |
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Arete |
a sharp ridge of a rock |
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cirque |
is a semicircular hollow that formed by glacial erosion |
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Continental glacier |
a glacier that spreads over land in all directions |