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erosion caused by the sandblasting effect of windblown sediments is called abrasion
is the triangular fan shaped deposit of sediment that forms where a river empties into an ocean or lake delta
forms when river waters empty from a mountain valley out onto a flat open plain alluvial fan
determines the amount of runoff all- the amount of vegetation, the amount of rain and the slope of the land
a stream that flows swiftly through a steep valley and has steep sides is a ____ stream young
forces that act on coastlines cause them to change constantly
the major force behind mass wasting is gravity
are ridges of till left behind when a glacier stops moving forward maranes
is erosion that happens as gravity moves materials downslope mass wasting
today continental ice sheets only exist in Antarctica and Greenland
the mixture of different sized sediment that is deposited when a glacier retreats till
an alluvial fan is a fan shaped deposit of sediments that forms when ___ loses its energy of motion water
is formed when water empties into a lake or ocean delta
windblown deposits of silt and clay loess
sediment deposited by streams that flow from a melting glacier outwash
the laying down or settling of eroded material deposition
a process that wears away surface materials and moves them from one place to another erosion
a jumble of materials deposited by a retreating glacier till
the grinding away of rocks or other surfaces by windblown particles abrasion
the broad, flat area located next to a river floodplain
formed when sediments are deposited as water empties into an ocean or lake delta
a current that flows parallel to the shoreline longshore currents
deposit formed when river waters empty out onto a flat open plain alluvial fan
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