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Question | Answer |
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shoreline | boundary between land and water |
surf | breaking waves |
erode | wearing away of rockand soil. Erosion depends on the hardness of soft rocks |
beach | An area of shoreline made up of material deposited by waves. |
sandbar | ridge of sand, gravel or shell |
saltation | short jumps or movement of sand caused by wind or water |
depression | deflation hollows formed in desert pavement |
abrasion | grinding and wearing away of rock |
glacier | large mass of moving ice |
till | rock deposited by a melting glacier |
mass movement | movement of land down a slope |
rock fall | group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope |
land slide | sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope |
slow mass movement | happens a little at a time |
creep | the slow downhill movement of weathered rock |