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| the part of the world in which life can exist |
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| the aqueous vapor of the atmosphere |
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| the outer part of the solid earth composed of rock |
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| yellowish brown loamy deposit found in America, Europe, and Asia and believed to be deposited by the wind |
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| an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier |
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| a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel |
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| the apparent deflection of a moving object that is the result of the Coriolis force |
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| a part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms, squalls, and light shifting winds |
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| the side or direction from which the wind is blowing |
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| being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing |
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| a fertile or green area in an arid region |
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| any of an order of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs including forms with true cones and others with an arillate fruit |
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| a permanently frozen layer at variable depth below the surface |
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| falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
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| water within the earth that supplies wells and springs |
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| a shallow submarine plain of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a steep slope to the oceanic abyss |
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| molten rock material within the earth from which igneous rock results by cooling |
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| the part of the interior of a terrestrial planet and especially the earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core |
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| the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup |
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