erosion

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the process by which wind, ice, water, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

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erosion

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the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes

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weathering

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the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean

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water cycle

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takes place when water changes into water vapor

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evaporation

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takes place when water vapor cools and changes into water droplets

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condensation

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rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the Earth

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precipitation

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precipitation that flows over land into streams and rivers

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surface runoff

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a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

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tributary

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the area of land that is drained by a water system

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watershed

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a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea

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continental divide

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the process in which material is laid down

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deposition

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a fan-shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream

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delta

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an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

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floodplain

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the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation

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water table

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a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage

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sewage treatment plants

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an underground chamber through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for basic sewage treatment

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septic tank

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a geological land form consisting of a steep, vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, made by wind erosion

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sea stacks

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remnants of once-continuous sea cliffs, where lava has previously met the sea and added to the size of the island

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sea arches

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a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea

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sea caves

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the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion

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wave-cut terraces

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a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea

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headlands

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a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water

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beach

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a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

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glacier

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a name for all sediment transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by glacial meltwater

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glacial drift

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a sediment consisting of particles of various sizes and deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets

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till

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predominantly sorted sediment laid down by or in meltwater from glaciers and includes sand, gravel, silt, and clay arranged in layers

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stratified drift