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100
A jagged ridge that forms in a mountain.
What is arête
100
A hanging valley.
What is a small glacial valley that joins a deeper, main valley.
100
A sudden, rapid movement of a lot of material downslope.
What is landslide.
100
A place where land and a body of water meet.
What is shoreline.
100
Unsorted rock material that has deposited directly by a melting glaciers.
What is till.
200
Horn.
What is a sharp, pyramid-shaped peak that forms on a mountain.
200
An offshore column of rocks that was once part of the mainland.
What is sea stack.
200
Deflation.
What is the removal of fine sediment by wind.
200
Waves that travel in groups.
What is wave train.
200
A depression formed when sediment builds up around a melting block of ice left behind by a glacier.
What is kettle.
300
Erodes broad, U-shaped valleys in mountain river valleys.
What is alpine glaciers.
300
The skipping and bouncing of particles in the directin that the wind is blowing.
What is saltation.
300
Rockfall.
What is a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope.
300
Burrowing animals and plant roots contribute to this.
What is creep.
300
Deposits produced when glaciers carry material to the front and sides of glacial ice.
What is moraine.
400
Effects the largest areas.
What is continental glaciers.
400
A hole cut into the rock at the base of a sea cliff.
What is sea cave.
400
Longshore current.
What is water that moves in a zigzag pattern.
400
Outwash plain.
What is a broad area of sorted material deposited in front of a glacier.
400
The general term used to describe all materials carried and deposited by glaciers.
What is glacial drift.
500
A common offshore deposit.
What is sandbar.
500
The movement of any material down a slope.
What is maw movement.
500
A fast movement of a mass of mud or volcanic ash.
What is mudflows.
500
A glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by streams or meltwater.
What is stratified drift.
500
Grinding and wearing down of rock surfaces by other rock or sand particles.
What is abrasion.
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