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Homework 02/3/10
Sediment places and sedements.
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2010

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Body of water that is separated from an ocean by a shallow or exposed land.
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Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by rivers.

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Result from decomposition of sand, wave erosion, and other natural processes.

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An undersea extension of a continent which can stretch for many miles out to sea.

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Connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain.

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Very flat or very low slope areas of the deep ocean basin floor.

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