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Title: 2-3a sedimentary cards
Description: Sedimentary environment flashcards
Total Flash Cards: 7
Created: 02/03/2010 07:08:37
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Alluvial fan: are built by slowing streams and stream branches depositing sediments along the edge of the current.
This frequently occurs at the mouths of narrower canyons, because streams slow where their channels widen and slopes become gentler. |
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| wetlands and deepwater habitats, A lake or lake-like place |
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| Very dry biome, with almost no precipitation |
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| wetland, surrounded by a large body of water. |
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| A land that is formed on the mouth of the river, flooded with water, water constantly flowing through |
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| land along a large body of water |
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