Erosion

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action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth’s crust, and then transport it away to another location

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Erosion

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breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth’s atmosphere, waters, and biological organisms.

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Weathering

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the hydrological cycle or the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.

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Water cycle

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.a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporating substance

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evaporation

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.the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase, and is the reverse of evaporation

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condensation

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any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity

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precipitation

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filter of trickle through

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percolation

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the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.

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runoff

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

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Tributary

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

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Water Shed

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the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas

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continental divide

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geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass

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deposition

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flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular

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Delta

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a fan-shaped mass of alluvium deposited as the flow of a river decreases in velocity.

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Alluvial fan

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floodplain

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water table

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the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, primarily from household sewage

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sewage treatment plants

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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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septic tank

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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 stacks

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natural opening eroded out of a cliff face by marine processes

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sea arches

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a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion

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sea caves

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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 the weathering of land.

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wave-cut terraces

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

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headlands

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

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beach

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a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years

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glacier

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all material of glacial origin found anywhere on land or at sea, including sediment and large rocks (glacial erratic). Glacial origin refers to erosion, transportation and deposition by glaciers

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glacial drift

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is the part of glacial drift deposited directly by the glacier

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till

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are formed when sediments lodged in crevasses in or on the surface of stagnant ice are deposited when the ice melts away

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stratified drift