All terms in this list:
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 or sand particles.
Loess: Very fine sediments deposited by the wind.
Dune: A mound of wind-deposited sand that keeps its shape even though it moves.
Glacier: A large mass of moving ice.
Glacial drift: The rock material carried 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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