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A lagoon is a body of water surrounded by a group of islands, seperated from the ocean.
In the lagoon is very much muddy and rich organic material!
Wish you were here. |
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A Tidal Flat is an area of no growth, but a large amount of mud and soil.
There are a lot of underwater and muddy sediments, so don't wear your best clothes on this visit!
Wish you were here. |
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Reefs are the rocks underneath the water that are eaten occasionally by fish.
You will get a lot of underwater sediments, but watch out for the fish!
Wish you were here... wearing a scuba-suit |
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| An alluvial fan is formed where a fast flowing stream flattens, slows and spreads at the exit of a canyon. |
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The continental shelf is the surrounding perimeter around a continent.
There are a lot of Terrigenous sediments and relict sediment from continents and rivers.
Wish you were here. |
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The continental slope and rise is the continental stop between the underwater abyssial plain and the continental plain.
The continental slope and rise has terrigenous and relict sediments.
Wish you were here. |
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Abyssal plains are sloping areas of the oceanfloor beneath the water.
You will find Clay and slit sediments; mainly fine grained.
Wish you were here. |
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| Fluvial Environment is a river or stream that recieves the sand and gravel, and other smaller sediments that are carried away. |
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Lacustrine environments are formed at the bottom or along the shore of lakes.
Larger sediments indicate dry climate during lower lake level while smaller sediments imply wet climate during higher lake level |
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Desert is the region that doesn't receive precipitation. No vegetation exist in the deserts.
Soil, sand, and minerals are eroded from land by the water or air. These sediments settle to the bottom of surface. |
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Swamp is a wetland feature of large area of land by shallow bodies of water. It is covered by aquatic vegetation. The water of a swamp may be fresh water or seawater.
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The deltas are probably due to very recent enhanced erosion from overuse of the land.
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Beaches is an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake. Barrier Island is a ridge of sand that runs parallel to the main coast but is seperated from it by a bay.
Sand, gravel and fragments are washed to sea beaches by streams and rivers. Sediments on the Barrier Islands move in the breaker zone by waves in longshore drifts |
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