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Waterfall: The falling of water from high above

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Waterfall: The falling of water from high above

Created where a stream flows from an area of hard rock to soft rock.
Photo by Ian Sane

Delta: spreads out into a body of water

Forms when a stream/river empties into a large body of stillwater

Caves: underground space

Forms by the dissolution of limestone

Column: composed of stalagmites and stalactites

 Form when stalagmite and stalactites join together

Sea Stacks: blocks of rock in the sea

Form when waves erode the top of a sea arch

Beach: a sand shore

Forms when waves deposit sand/gravel
Photo by Lee Cannon

Abrasion

Occurs when sediment is blown over surfaces

Sand Dune: small hill

When wind deposits sand
Photo by nwhitford

Cirque: rounded hollow carved near the

top of a mountain by a glacier
Photo by mlhradio

Glacial Erratic: dropped rocks once carried by a glacier

formed when glaciers drop rocks
Photo by sandy richard