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7a- 8b sed envi
sedimentary environments
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2010

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alluvial fan is a fan shaped deposit formed where a fast flowing stream flattens, slows and spreads.
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it is the process caused by running water usually in the form of rivers and streams. the sediments found are usually sand.
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It is a lake or lake like environment situated in a dammed river channel.
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Desert is a region where there is no precipitation and it consists of sand dunes.
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Swamps are fresh slow moving water associated with lakes and rivers.
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Delta is a landform created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into the ocean.
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Beaches are located on the shorelines of body of waters. they usally contain loose particles composed of rocks.
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