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Transportation Flashcards

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Traction 🧱

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Large boulders roll along river bed

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Saltation🧱

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Smaller pebbles bounce along river bed due to flow of river

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Suspension🧱

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Finer particles carried along in flow of river

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Solution 🧱

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Minerals dissolved in water carried along in the flow

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Long Shore Drift🌊

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  • swash forces sediment up beach (45 degree)
  • backwash brings sediment down beach (90 degree)
  • repeats in zigzag motion due to prevailing winds
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