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| The process in which weathered particles are picked up and moved to another place |
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| The process where sediment is placed in a new location |
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| This is the sediment left after a glacier retreats |
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| The downhill movements of masses of rock and soil |
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| Individual blocks of rock falling |
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| Large mass of rock slides as a unit down a slope |
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| Debris (rock, soil, and plants) falls or slides down a hill when mixed with a lot of water |
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| A slide of loose debris that moves as a single movement (not as muddy as a mudflow) |
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| Slow mass movement of soil or debris |
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| The area of land where water drains into a stream system |
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| A ridge from which water drains to one side or the other |
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| The zigzag movement of sand along a beach |
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| The movement of water along a shore as waves strike the shore at an angle |
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| A ridge of sand built up by the action of waves and currents |
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| A long, narrow island that develops parallel to a coast |
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| A mound of sand built up by wind |
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| This is left after a lot of wind has eroded the surface of land |
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VALLEY GLACIERS
ALPINE GLACIERS |
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| These glaciers form in mountains and flow down through valleys |
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| These glaciers are ice sheets that can cover entire continents |
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| This is formed when till is left after a glacier retreats (melts) |
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