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moraine
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a ridge- like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier
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glacier
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a huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice
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loess
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fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or slilt deposited by wind
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sediment
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small particles of soil, sand, and gravel carried and deposited by water
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erosion
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the movement of weathered materials usually caused by water, wind, and glaciers
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acid rain
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rain with high concentrations of chemicals that kills plant and animal life and eats away at the surface of the stone and rock
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chemical weathering
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the process by which the actual chemical stucture of rock is changed
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mechanical weathering
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the actual breaking up or physical wakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots
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weathering
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the chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down
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deposition
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the third stage of mountain transformation. the laying down of loosened rock fragments by wind, water, ice, and glaciers
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