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Weathering   the process in which materials are broken down by the action of either mechanical, or physical process.  
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Mechanical Weathering   the breaking down of a rock to smaller pieces  
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Erosion   the process in which soil and sediment is moved to one place to another  
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Chemical weathering   the processi which a rock is broken down into smaller pieces by chemical means  
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Water cycle   the continuous movement of the earth's water: from the ocean to the atmosphere, to the land , back to the ocean  
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Watershed   the area of land that is drained by the water system  
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Deposition   the process in which material at the location where a river empties into a smaller body of water.  
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Alluvial Fan   fan shaped pattern of deposited material at the location where a river empties into a flat plain( on happens on land usually in areas that are very dry in most of the year)  
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Flood plain   the area along a river that forms from sediment deposited when a river overflows it's banks  
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Water table   the upper surfaces of underground water  
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pollution   the introduction of harmful substances into the environment  
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point-source pollution   Pollution from one specific ste  
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non-point source pollution   pollution that comes from many sources  
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sewage treatment plant   facilities that clean the waste materials out of the water  
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