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mass movement
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when gravity causes huge amounts of rock or soil to be carried down a slope
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delta
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sediments deposited at the mouth of a river create this fan-shaped landform
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deposit
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the materials a river or stream carries such as silt, clay, pebbles, sand, and mineral.
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morianes
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the uneven ridged deposits left by a glacier
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deflation
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removal of large amounts of sand and silt which lowers the landscape
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weathering
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is the slow process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces
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physical weathering
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when rocks and minerals change without changing chemical properties
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chemical weathtering
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changes the minerals that make up rocks into something new
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erosion
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the process of wearing away rock or soil
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deposition
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the dropping off of weathered rock
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