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catastrophic
catastrophic events
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tornado | mobile destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and avancing beneth a large storm stystem |
| hurricane | a intense tropical storm |
| flood | a great over flowing or over flowing of water |
| earthquake | a sudden and violent shaking of the ground |
| tsunami | a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake land slide or other disterbances |
| biological weathering | breaking down of rocks |
| catastrophic events | a violent usually destructive natural oc current |
| chemical weathering | breaking down of chemical process or changes |
| deposition | weathering and erosion ex.ice |
| erosion process | by which is moved |
| physical weathering | breaking down rocks |
| weathering | the process which expose rock and other surfaces are broken down |