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erosion | The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock in soil. |
mass movement | any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill. |
deposition | Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. |
sediment | Earth materials deposited br erosion. |
gravity | force that moves rock and other materials downhill |
landslide | most destructive kind of mass movement |
mudflow | rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock and soil |
slump | a mass of rock suddenly slips down a slope |
creep | the very slow downhill movement of rock and soil |