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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2010

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flivial environment

looks like a maze for water
where rock builds up and is transported and creates an "obsticle" for river flows

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alluvial fan

looks like land "fans" out from a specific area
where fast moving waters transport and deposite weathered material into a flat land

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lacustrine environments

looks like shallow water and deep water not too far from eachother
where there are depressions under lakes and other water to make certain areas shallow/ deep

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swamps

looks like plantlife submerged in water
so much water that land is flooded and easily moves sand and soil leaving plantlife "swimmimg"

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deserts

looks like ripples in water but its sand
where winds cause sand to transportate to random areas making the surface uneven

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delta

looks like branches of a tree from water to more water
where one body of water branches off to a larger body of water

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beaches and barriers islands

looks like land merges with or is floating in water
where sediment is built up over time to create landmasses by or in the middle of oceans or lakes

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lagoons

looks like a "kiddie pool" of the oceans
where there is shallow water seperated from a bigger and deeper body of water

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tidal flats

looks like a flat deserted island
built up sand and mud and stuff with basically no plant life that lays flat

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reefs

looks like weird random rock stuff in water
rock underneath water sometimes around land

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continental shelf

looks like a part of land under a little water like on a beach
part of land towards water that is very shallow before it goes deeper

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continental slope and rise

looks like a slide under the water that leads to deeper water when u go deeper
the part of land under that leads deep into the ocean

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abyssal plain

looks like a deep dark scary place with weird creatures
almost the deepest part of the ocean floor

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