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| the continual movement of water between the oceans, land, and atmosphere |
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| a scientist who studies Earth's water systems and helps find solutions related to water quality and quantity |
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| a scientist who studies the ocean |
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| a measure of the amount of salts dissolved in a liquid |
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| water that is not absorbed immediately by Earth's surface but flows downhill over the land and buildings into water bodies and sewers |
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| the area of land which precipitation falls and drains into a river (watershed) |
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| the water that has seeped into the ground |
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| an underground layer of porous rock which water can flow through easily |
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| a large natural of artificial lake or holding pond used to collect and store water for human use |
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| the level beneath the ground in which porous rocks are filled with water |
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| a large moving mass of compressed ice or snow |
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| deep crack that forms in a glacier |
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| a large chunk of ice that breaks off a glacier into the ocean |
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| the gradual process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces |
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| the gradual process of breaking down rock physically without changing its composition |
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| the process through which rock is broken down when its minerals react with chemical agents such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, and acids |
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| physical or chemical weathering caused by plants or animals |
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| the transport of sediments from one place to another by agents such as water, glaciers, gravity, and wind |
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| the process in which eroded sediments and other material are dropped or left by water or ice |
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| a large underground hollow in rock created over time by weathering and erosion |
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| a large circular depression in the ground caused by the collapse of an underground cave |
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| an area with many sinkholes |
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| an area of fast-moving, churning water in a steep, rocky river |
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| a sudden, rapid movement of rock material down the slope of a hill or mountain |
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| scratch marks cut into rock by glaciers slowly moving over land |
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| a narrow ridge between two cirques |
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| a bowl shaped valley at the head of a glacier |
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| a narrow inlet of ocean between steep cliffs carved by glaciers |
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| a U-shaped valley cut off by a bigger valley created by a larger glacier |
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| a pyramid shaped peak located between three cirques |
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| an area of built-up sediment deposited by a river where the river empties into an ocean or lake |
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| a large boulder deposited on the ground by a glacier |
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| a winding ridge of material deposited by a stream running under a glacier |
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| a ridge of rocky material deposited by a glacier |
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| material deposited by water from melting glaciers |
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