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23 Cards in this Set
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Most active agent |
Wind |
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Mounds that built by wind consisting with loose sand |
Dunes |
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Can carry amount of sand and silt |
Waves |
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Fine sand and large pebble that carried by wave |
Beaches |
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Elongated ridge of sand that stretches from land to mouth of a nearby bay |
Spit |
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Rain water that flow on the surface and flow to rivers and streams |
Runoff |
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U-shaped body of water |
Oxbow lake |
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Fan-shaped deposit of gravel (the sediments called allivium) |
Alluvial fan |
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Flat area of land close to river or stream |
Flood Plain |
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Natural wall that blocks the water |
Levee |
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Extremely large mass of ice which move very slowly |
Glaciers |
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Accumulation of dirt and rocks that have fallen onto the glaciers surface |
Moraine |
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Elongated hill the shape of an inverted spoon or half buried egg |
Drumlin |
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Sediments carried and deposited along the meltwater stream |
Meltwater deposit |
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Rocks and sedimentsthat are picked up from land and deposited on the ocean floor |
Iceberg deposit |
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Created by melted glacier |
Glacial lake |
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(rocks falls and rockslide and flow) occurs when gravity pulls rocks and soil down the slope |
Mass wasting |
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Rocks debris settles at the base of the slope |
Talus or accumulated sediments |
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Caused by earthquake, volcanic eruption |
Rockslide/landslide |
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Usually occur after heavy rain |
Mudflow |
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Downward sliding of a mass of rock |
Slump |
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Involves the flow of soil containing large amount of water |
Debris flow |
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Gradual downhill move of soil caused by alternative expansion (freezing, melting, wetting, drying) |
Creep |
