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A type of erosion that orrurs when windblown sediments strike rocks and sediments.
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Abrasion
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Layer of permeable rock that allows water to flow through.
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Aquifer
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Deposit of sediment whose materials vary in size, color, and compsition.
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Beach
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Underground opening that can form when acidic groundwater dissolves limestone.
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Cave
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Groove created by water moving down the same path.
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Channel
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A type of mass movement in which sediments move downslope very slowly.
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Creep
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A type of erosion that occurs when windblows over loose sediments.
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Deflation
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Dropping of sediments that orrurs when an agent of erosion, such as gravity.
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Deposition
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Land area from which a river or stream collects runoff.
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Draining Basin
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Mound formed when windblown sediments pile up behind an obstacle.
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Dune
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Process in which surface materials are worn away and transported from one place to another.
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Erosion
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Hot spring that erupts periodically and shoots water and steam into the air.
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Geyser
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Large, moving mass of ice and snow that change large areas of Earth's surface.
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Glacier
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Water that soaks into the ground and collects in pored and empty spaces.
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Groundwater
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Decsribes materials that water cannot pass through.
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Impermeable
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Windblown deposit of tightly packed, fine-grained sediments.
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Loess
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Current that runs parelle to the shoreline, is caused by waves colliding with the shore.
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Longshore Current
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Any type of erosion that occurs as gravity moves materials downslope.
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Mass Movement
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Broad, c-shaped curve in a river or stream formed by erosion of its outer bank.
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Meander
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Large ridge of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier it stops moving forward.
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Moraine
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Material deposited by meltwater from a glacier.
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Outwash
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Describes soil and rock with connecting pored through which water can flow.
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Permeable
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Process that ads gravel, sand, and boulders to a glacire's bottom.
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Plucking
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Any rainwater that does not soak into the ground or evaporate but flows over Earth's surface.
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Runoff
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A type of surface water erosion caused by runoff that occurs when water flowing as sheets picks up sediments and carries them away.
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Sheet Erosion
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A type of mass movement that occurs when a mass of material moves down a curved slope.
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Slump
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Forms when water table meets Earth's surface.
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Spring
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Mixture of different-sized sediments that is dropped from the base of a retreating glacier and can cover huge areas of land.
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Till
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