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abrasion
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the grinding and wearing down of rock surfaces by other rock or sand particles
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breaking wave
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The result of waves dragging on the ocean bottom causing the water in waves to fall forward as the waves bunch together, rise up, and break against the shore.
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chemical weathering
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breakdown of rock's composition caused by the effects of chemicals on them
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delta
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a very fertile flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
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erosion
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wearing away and moving particles of soil and rock by water, ice, and other agents.
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Sandblasting
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An erosional process by which blowing sand impacts and abrades rock surfaces resulting in shaped landscape features and new sediments.
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sediment
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Particles or materials formed by the weathering and erosion of rocks or organic material.
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stream
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Water flowing through a channel on land.
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stream abrasion
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The rounding, smoothing, and size reduction of sediments resulting from rolling, sliding, or bouncing of solid elements along a stream bottom.
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stream channel shape
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The shape of the body of rock or loose materials that confine the stream
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Tributary
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small stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
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U-shaped valley
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The characteristic shape of a valley that forms when a glacier erodes a river valley from its original shape to a U shape.
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V-shaped valley
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The characteristic shape of a valley eroded by a stream or river, as compared to a U-shaped glacial valley.
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watershed
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The area of land drained by any one stream, also called a drainage area.
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weathering
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The physical (mechanical) and chemical alterations of rock and other of Earth's materials at or near Earth's surface,that is exposed to the weather (elements),through temperature changes, water, chemical agents, atmospheric gases, and organic materials.
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Finger Lake
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A body of water that forms in a long, narrow U- shaped glacial valley, often partly dammed at one end by a mound of glacial moraine sediment.
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Flood Plain
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A nearly level plain that borders a stream that is subject to flooding unless protected artificially.
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Glacial Groove
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A long narrow channel or furrow on bedrock formed by the gouging and sanding actions of rocks and sediments frozen to the bottom of a glacier; show the direction of former glacial movement.
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Glacial Parallel Scratches
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Parallel cuts in bedrock formed by abrasion (gouging and sanding) of rocks
and sediments frozen to the bottom of a glacier; show the direction of former glacial movement. |
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Glacial
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A large mass of naturally formed ice on land that moves downhill due to gravity.
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Mass Movement
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Any variety of erosion and deposition done directly by gravity.
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Meander
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A curve or bend in a stream or river.
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Physical Weathering
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The mechanical or physical breakdown of rock and other Earth materials at or near Earth's surface into smaller pieces (sediments) without change in the mineral or chemical composition.
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Sandbar
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A pile or low ridge of sand, often just above or just below water level, deposited by waves and currants.
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