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| DISASTROUS INCIDENT, A VIOLENT USUALLY DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL OCCURANCE |
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| THE CHEMICAL BREAK DOWN OF ROCKS AND MINERALS INTO NEW SUBSTANCES |
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| THE PRCOESS BY WHICH ERODED MATERIALS ARE OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE- USUALLY CARRIED BY WIND/WATER |
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| THE PROCESS BY WHICH SOFTER, LESS WEATHER RESISTANT ROCKS WEAR AWAY & LEAVE HARDER MORE WEATHER RESISTANT ROCKS IN THEIR PLACE |
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| A SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE USUALLY WITH HEAVY RAINS & VERY HIGH RAINS |
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| THE BREAKDOWN OF ROCK INTO SMALLER PIECES BY PHYSICAL MEANS |
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| NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION |
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| POLLUTION OF THE WATER FROM A GENERAL AREA SUCH AS RUNOFF FROM FARMLAND OF SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES-DONT KNOW SOURCE |
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| SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION WHICH CAN BE TRACED TO A SPECIFIC PLACE/ LOCATION |
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| THE SHAKING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE CAUSED BY MOVEMENT ALONG A FAULT |
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| THE PROCESS BY WHICH WIND AND WATER MOVE SOIL AND SEDIMENT FROM 1 PLACE TO ANOTHER |
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| THE RISING OF A BODY OF WATER AND ITS OVERFLOWING ONTO NORMALLY DRY LAND |
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| UNDERGROUND WATER THAT IS HELD IN THE SOIL AND IN POROUS ROCK |
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| WATER COLLECTING ON THE GROUND OR IN A STREAM, RIVER, LAKE, WETLAND, OR OCEAN |
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| AN OPENING/RUPTURE IN A PLANETS SURFACE/ CRUST WHICH ALLOWS HOT MAGMA, ASH, OR GASES TO ESCAPE FROM BELOW THE SURFACE |
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| THE AREA OF LAND WHERE ALL OF THE WATER THAT IS UNDER IT OR DRAINS OFF OF IT GOES INTO THE SAME PLACE |
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| THE BREAKDOWN OF ROCKS INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES BY MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL MEANS |
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