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catastrophic events
Term | Definition |
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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 |