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Erosion and Deposition

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desert pavementdeflation in deserts that creates areas of rock fragments
erosionmovement of weathered rock from one area to another
wave-cut cliffwaves erode the soft rock along the base of steep coast
mass movementslump, creep, landslides, mudflows,
ketttlestranded ice blocks left behind by continental glaciers melting
meanderlooplike bend in a river
U-shaped valleyevidence that an area was once covered by a glacier
sheet erosionrunoff from rainfall flows in thin layer eroding the land
terminal moraineridge of till located at farthest point reached by a glacier
ocean wavesget energy from wind blowing across the surface
loessparticles of clay and silt eroded and deposited by wind
deltabuilt up depositon
gravitycauses mass movement
deflationprocess where wind removes surface materials
pluckingrock fragments are frozen to the bottom of glaciersand carried away
alluvial fanwide sloping sediment left where stream leaves a mountain range


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