erosion

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erosion

Answer 1

the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

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weathering

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the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere

Question 3

water cycle

Answer 3

shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere.

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evaporation

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the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

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condensation

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the process of gas or vapor turning into a liquid

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precipitation

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rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

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surface run off

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the flow of water occurring on the ground surface when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil.

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tributary

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a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

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watershed

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an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas

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continental divide

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a naturally occurring boundary or ridge separating a continent’s river systems

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deposition

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the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

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delta

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wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water

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floodplain

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an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.

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water table

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The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.

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sewage treatment plants

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a place where sewage is cleaned so that it is not harmful or dangerous to the environment.

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septic tank

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a tank, typically underground, in which sewage is collected and allowed to decompose through bacterial activity before draining by means of a leaching field

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sea stacks

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A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

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sea arches

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. Natural arches commonly form where inland cliffs, coastal cliffs, fins or stacks are subject to erosion from the sea, rivers or weathering

Question 19

sea caves

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cave formed in a cliff by wave action of an ocean or lake.

Question 20

wave-cut terraces

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A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion

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head lands

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a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea

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beach

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a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high- and low-water marks

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glacier

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a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

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glacial drift

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A general term applied to all rock material (clay, silt, sand, gravel, boulders) transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by running water emanating from a glacier

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till

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unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification.

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stratified drift

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predominantly unconsolidated, sorted sediment composed of layers of sand, gravel, silt or clay deposited by meltwaters from glaciers.