erosion

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erosion

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the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

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weathering

Answer 2

the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical or chemical processes.

Question 3

water cycle

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the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.

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evaporation

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the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

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condensation

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the change of a state from a gas to a liquid

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precipitation

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The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, graupel and hail.

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percolation

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is the process of a liquid slowly passing through a filter..

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runoff

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a further competition, election, race, etc., after a tie or inconclusive result..

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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..

Question 11

continental divide

Answer 11

.The Continental Divide of the Americas is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas

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deposition

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the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch..

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delta

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a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta..

Question 14

alluvial fan

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An alluvial fan is a fan- or cone-shaped deposit of sediment crossed and built up by streams. If a fan is built up by debris flows it is properly called a debris cone or colluvial fan.

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floodplain

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A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls

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water table

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

Question 17

sewage treatment plants

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Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, primarily from household sewage. .

Question 18

septic tank

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A septic tank is a chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, PVC or plastic, through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for primary treatment. .

Question 19

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..

Question 20

sea arches

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A sea arch is a natural opening eroded out of a cliff face by marine processes..

Question 21

sea caves

Answer 21

. is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea.

Question 22

wave-cut terraces

Answer 22

A wave-cut platform, coastal benches, or wave-cut benches is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff