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terminal moraine
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A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a moraine that forms at the end of the glacier called the snout.
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fjord
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a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
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recessional moraine
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An unsorted ridge like glacial landform depositng during a significant period of glacial retreat.
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lateral moraine
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a low ridge-like mass of loose rock pieces carried on, or deposited at, the side of a mountain glacier
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medial moraine
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A strip of sediment in the interior of a glacier, parallel to the flow direction of the glacier, formed by the lateral moraines of two merging glaciers
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cirque
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a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
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valley
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a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
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outwash plain
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The area beyond the margins of a glacier where meltwater deposits sand, gravel, and mud washed out from the glacier.
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glacial drift
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An accumulation of earth and rock which have been transported by glaciers
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drumlin
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a mound of glacial drift
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scratches or parallel grooves on the surface of a rock
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Striation
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process of glacial erosion which involves the penetration of ice or rock wedges into subglacial niches, crevices
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Plucking
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A valley that is U shaped
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U-shaped valley
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Moving mass of rock fragments that has broken loose from an outcrop and cascaded down a slope
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Rockfall
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saturated weathered material moving down a slope under the influence of gravity
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slides
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mass wasting event that occurs when loosely consolidated materials or rock layers move a short distance down a slope
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slump
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the tendency of a solid material to slowly move or deform permanently under the influence of stresses
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creep
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the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind
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deflation
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erosion by friction
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abrasion
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any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin
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loess
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process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure.
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constructive
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creep
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a creepy man that stalks you
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context of physical construction, deconstruction is the selective dismantlement of components
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deconstructive
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condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
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Erosion
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decomposition of earth rocks, soils and their minerals through direct contact with the planet's atmosphere
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weathering
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chemical reactions transform rocks and minerals into new chemical combinations (compounds
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chemical weathering
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The breakdown of rock into smaller fragments by physical processes such as frost wedging
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mechanical weathering
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cool
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maddy wirth
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a hill of sand built by aeolian processes
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dunes
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