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78A Sed Envi
Sedimentary Environments
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2010

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An alluvial fan is a deposit that is shaped like a fan and spreads by canyons.
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A fluvial environment is a geography that contains processes that have something to do with rivers, streams, and their deposits.
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A lacustrine environment contains many lakes and those water types.
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Deserts are regions on the Earth that are usually very dry and don't get a lot of rain.
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Swamps are the wetlands that have big areas of land by shallow bodies of water.
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Deltas are usually at the mouth of rivers that flow into oceans, seas, lakes, etc.
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Beaches and barrier islands are landforms that are very narrow and parallel to the main coast line.
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