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geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crust | the outside layer of the earth |
| mantle | surrounds the core |
| Core | center of the earth |
| Meander | water flows faster on the outer bank of the bend the process of hydraulic action |
| volcano | A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. |
| river | a large quantity of a flowing substance |
| oxbow lake | An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off. |
| floodplain | A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.[ |
| tsunami | A tsunami English pronunciation: /suːˈnɑːmi/ soo-NAH-mee[2] or /tsuːˈnɑːmi/[3]) or tidal wave,[4], also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, |
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