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Stuff for geo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ablation | The reduction of glacial ice by melting and evaporation |
| Abrasion | – Wearing away of rock by the rubbing action of particles carried by water, wind and ice. “Sandpaper effect”. |
| Alluvial fan | – Fan-shaped deposits left behind by a mountain stream when it reaches flat ground. |
| Arch | Ocean erosional feature when headland caves join to form a tunnel, and the tunnel increases in Ocean erosional feature when headland caves join to form a tunnel, and the tunnel increases in size to form an arch. |
| Arete | A sharp ridge created by the action of 2 cirques eroding the mountain between them. |
| Artesian Well | Well drilled into an aquifer, which is sandwiched between two impermeable layers. Water from an artesian well may flow to the surface from it’s own pressure. |
| Attrition | Pebbles and rocks strike together breaking and wearing into smaller pieces. |