Landforms

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erosion

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the process of gravity, water, wind, and ice removing sediment from one place to another

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physical weathering

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the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces through physical processes

it changes the shape, not the chemical property

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chemical weathering

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breaks down rocks through a chemical process, causing rocks to rust and oxidize

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landform

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feature on the surface of Earth, such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, or rivers

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coastline

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the outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean

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sand dune

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hill formed by wind blowing sand

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lake

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a large body of water surrounded by land

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delta

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a triangular landform formed by deposition of sediments at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water

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river

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a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water

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mountain

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a large landform that is formed by volcanoes or the movement of tectonic plates