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| Water erosion begins when runoff from rainfall flows in a thin layer over the land in a kind of erosion called |
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| a stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called a |
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| a river flowing across a wide flood plain begins to form looplike bends called |
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| a wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range is called a(n) |
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| where a river flows from an area of harder rock to an area of softer rock,the softer rock may wear away eventually forming a drop called a |
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| Continental glaciers are much larger and thicker |
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| what is one main difference between continental glaciers and valley glaciers |
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| the process in which rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and then are carried away when the glacier moves is called |
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| a ridge of till located at the farthest point reached by a glacier is called |
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| wind blowing across the water's surface |
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| the energy that produces ocean waves comes from |
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| if waves erode the soft rock along the base of a steep coast, the result may eventually be a landform called |
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| the process by which wind removes surface materials is called |
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| slows down or hits an obstacle |
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| wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind |
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| Particles of clay and silt eroded and deposited by the wind are called |
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| In deserts, deflation can sometimes create an area of rock fragments called a |
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| From Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay |
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| The wetlands of Florida allow a shallow layer of water of water to flow across the Everglades |
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| The largest lake in Florida is |
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| The major agent of erosion that shapes Earth's land surface is moving |
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| Through erosion, rivers form ___________which are wide flat areas covered by water during floods. |
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| Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake can build up a landform called a |
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| The times in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of Earth's land surface were the |
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| The two processes by which waves erode land are impact and |
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