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| Wearing away of rock by the rubbing action of particles carried by water, wind, and ice. |
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| Pebbles and rocks strike together breaking and wearing into smaller pieces. |
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| The movement of rock particles by bouncing and hopping. |
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| The rolling and dragging of rock particles by wind and water. |
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| Ridges of deposits along river banks left behind by numerous floods. |
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| The side of a meandering river silt deposits are left behind. |
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| Man-made mounds of debris to keep river from flooding. |
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| Created by the uplifting of original flood plains. |
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| A hillside hollow created by glacial plucking and quarrying |
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| A sharp ridge created by the action of 2 cirque glaciers. |
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| As 2 cirques completely erode the wall of rock between them a mountain pass is created. |
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| A block of ice left behind by a glacier in a depression creates this feature. |
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| Debris carried along the side of a glacier. |
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| Sorted deposits made by glacial meltwater. |
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| The side of a meandering river where the greatest erosion occurs. |
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| A desert ditch that channels flood waters onto desert floors. |
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| A wave of deposited sand ridge that connects an island to the mainland. |
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| Created when 2 or more alluvial fans join together. |
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| A depositional feature on limestone cave ceiling. |
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| Large gorge, a result of collapsed cavern. |
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| Scratches created by glacial ice. |
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| Walls built to stop movement of sand on a beach. |
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| Fertile wind-blown desert dust. |
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| A stratified ridge of glacial deposits. |
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| Piles of rock debris in a karst landscape. |
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| Also referred to as abrasion. |
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| Great expanse of desert sand. |
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| A sharp mountain peak created by glacial action. |
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| Movement of sediment along a beach. |
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