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shoreline: The boundary between land and a body of water.

beach: An area of the shoreline made up of material deposited by waves

saltation: the movement of sand or other sediments by short jumps and bounces that is caused by wind or water

deflation: A form of wind erosion in which fine, dry soil particles are blown away.

abrasion: The grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock and sand particles.

dune: a mound of wind-deposited sand that keeps it shape even though it moves

loess: very fine sediments deposited by the wind

glacier: a large mass of moving ice

glacial drift: the rock material gathered and deposited by glaciers

till: unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier

stratified drift: a glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams or meltwater

mass movement: a movement of a section of land down a slope

rock fall: a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope

landslide: the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope

mudflow: the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water

creep: the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material

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