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Glaciers, Waves, and Wind.

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When Waves crash onto the beach at an angle,it will create this along the coastline.   long shore drift  
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The process where wind picks up sediment and moves it is called   deflation  
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a sharp ridge seperating two cirques.   arete  
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a sharpened peak where a glacier carved away the sides.   horn  
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a bowl shaped hollow eroded by a glacier   cirque  
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large lakes eroded by plucking and abrasion   glacial lake  
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forms where a glacier deposits mounds or ridges of till.   moraine  
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formed by sliding over aa moraine   drumlin  
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where a deppresion left in till by melting ice fills with water.   kettle lake  
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what force causes a wave to slow down and break when it reaches shallow water   friction  
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what land features are made from wave erosion?   sea cliff, sea caves, headlands.  
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what are the features made by wave deposition?   barrier beach, sandbar, spit.  
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what is the difference between a sand dune and a loess?   sand dunes are the mounds that form when wind drops sand and a loess is deposits of tiney pices of sediment that are dropped by wind.  
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