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Landslides

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A large mass of land breaks loose and plunges down a slope

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Rockfalls

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Tock fragments fall to the bottom of the slope

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Mudflow

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Streams of mud flow down a steeper slope in definite channels

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Soil creep

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A very slow continuous movement of soil down a slope

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Solifluction

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Top soil becomes saturated and slides on the frozen ground beneath it

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Earthflow

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Occurs when clay soul particles, saturated with water, move down a slope with a fairly gentle gradient

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Mass movements

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Downward movement if weathered materials such as soil, stones and rocks on a slope as a result of the force of gravity

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Peneplain

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A nearly flat plain formed by erosion of slopes in a humid environment

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Down wasting

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Erosion of the land mass in such a way that landforms become lower over time

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Pediplain

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A nearly flat plan formed as canyon floors become wider, usually in an arid environment

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Back wasting

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Erosion of the land mass in such a way that landforms become narrower

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Parallel retreat

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Erosion of a scarp slope causes loss of ground over the whole face of the slope, but no loss of height

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Sheetflow

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Rainwater flows over a slope in a sheet

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Crest

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Small convex slope element at the top if the slope

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Freeface

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Slope element greater than 80* to the horizontal

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Talus

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Slope at the base of a hill consisting of weathered material

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Scree

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Weathered material at the base of the slope

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Pediment

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Slope element with a low angle, concave shape

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Knickpoint

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Sharp change in gradient

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Endogenic forces

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Forces operating deep underground, folding

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Exogenic forces

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Forces operating above the Earth’s surface, erosion and deposition

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Primary slopes

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Slopes formed by crustal forces, faulting

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Primary erosion slopes

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Slopes which have formed from erosion, a gorge eroded by a river

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Secondary erosion slopes

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Primary slopes or primary erosion slopes that have been eroded

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Tor

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Exposed granite blocks made up of core stones

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Core stones

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Granite boulders left after surrounding rock has weathered

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Granite dome

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Landform resulting from erosion of overlying strata to expose a batholith

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Exfoliation

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The peeling off of rock layers due to expansion and contraction

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Contractual joins

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Joints formed when magma cooled

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Off-loading joints

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Joints formed when the weight of overlying material is removed

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Batholiths

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Large dome-shaped intrusions of magma which occur at great depths beneath the Earth’s surface

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Laccoliths

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Smaller mushroom-shaped intrusions of magma

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Lopoliths

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Pan or saucer-shaped intrusions

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Dykes

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Vertical sheets of dolerite that form magma

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Sills

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Horizontal layers of dolerite that form magma

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Poort

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Gap between two mountains which has been created by river erosion

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Cuesta dome

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Circular or oval-shaped landform from the erosion of an anticline

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Cuesta basin

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Circular or oval- shaped landform resulting from the erosion of a syncline

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Cuesta

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A ridge with a gentle slope and a scarp slope

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Hogsback

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A ridge with a steep slope and a scarp slope

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Homoclinal ridge

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Ridge formed from inclined strata

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Homoclinal landscape

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A landscape formed of inclined strata that are tilted by the same degree of dip in the same direction

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Scarp slope

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Steep slope of a homoclinal ridge or escarpment

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Dip slope

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Less steep slope of a homoclinal ridge

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Mass wasting

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Movement of eroded material downhill due to gravity

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Undercutting

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Erosion of a rock at the base of a slope with the subsequent collapse of the overhang

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Homoclinal shifting

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Movement of the position of a homoclinal ridge towards the dip slope

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Chemical weathering

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Decomposition of rock due to chemical precessess, often involving water, CO2 and O2

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Mechanical weathering

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The physical break-up of rocks, often due to extremes in temperature

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Scarp retreat

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Erosion of scarp slope causes loss of ground over the whole slope, but no loss of height

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Pediplain

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Large, low-angled plain

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Conical hills

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Small pointed hills

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Pointed buttes

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Narrow hills with a sharp peak at the top

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Buttes

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Flat-topped hills with a greater height than width

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Mesas

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Flat topped table mountains with a greater width than height

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Cap rock

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Horizontal layer of hard, resistant rock at the top of the mountain

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Tectonic uplift

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Rising of land mass due to crustal forces

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Gullies

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Small, narrow, long areas of erosion on a slope

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Badlands

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A landscape with narrow gullies and sharp ridges formed in arid climates

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Sedimentary rock

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Rock formed from the deposition and consolidation of eroded sediments

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Plateau

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Large high-lying area that is relatively flat

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Igneous rock

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Rock formed when magma cools and solidifies

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Landscapes

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Area with a number of landforms

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Dolerite sill

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A horizontal layer of igneous rock that has formed along a bedding plane

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Lava flow

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Lava pours out onto the Earth’s surface where it cools and becomes solid

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Bedding planes

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Planes separating layers of rock

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Stratified rock

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Rock composed of layers or strata

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