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This occurs when rivers flow and empty into a valley and it shapes the bottom floor.
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| this means that the environment has inhabited or inherited next to a river or stream. |
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| this is similar to fluvial environment but it is inhabited near lakes and ponds instead. |
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| this is a dry arid area where not much life is around. water is very limited and is all full of sand and cacti. |
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| this is a wet area with trees all around inside pond like water that is dirty and sometimes full of bacteria. |
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| this is the outlet of a river than leads out the freshwater from the river into the the ocean and salt water. |
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| this is where land and the ocean meet each other. |
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| this is an area similar to a pool just with all clean clear water. |
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| these are called tidal flats but they are very similar to marshes which are really low water levels across alot of land. |
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| these are underwater caverns with coral and full of fish. |
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| continental shelf is the piece of land that is directly under the water that is a higher elevation than the land next to it. |
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| this is the slope between the two parts of land that have one on a higher elevation than the other. |
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| this is the deepest and lowest part of the ocean floor where not much life is found there. |
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