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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| shoreline | boundary between land and water |
| surf | breaking waves |
| erode | wearing away of rockand soil. Erosion depends on the hardness of soft rocks |
| beach | An area of shoreline made up of material deposited by waves. |
| sandbar | ridge of sand, gravel or shell |
| saltation | short jumps or movement of sand caused by wind or water |
| depression | deflation hollows formed in desert pavement |
| abrasion | grinding and wearing away of rock |
| glacier | large mass of moving ice |
| till | rock deposited by a melting glacier |
| mass movement | movement of land down a slope |
| rock fall | group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope |
| land slide | sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope |
| slow mass movement | happens a little at a time |
| creep | the slow downhill movement of weathered rock |