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30: Percentage of the earths surface under desert
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abrasion: Form of erosion where sediment carried along the bottom of a glacier acts like sandpaper that smooths surfaces
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abrasion and plucking: How glaciers erode surfaces
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alpine or valley: Type of glacier formed in mountain areas
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arĂȘtes: sharp edged ridges formed between two troughs
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cirque: Bowl-like depression formed by frost wedging and plucking steep cliffs at edges.
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crevasse: Cracks formed in the top 150 feet of glacier.
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cross-bedding: alternating directions of layers in lithified sand dunes
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deflation: Process that removes fine materials from the soil surface, leaving coarser materials behind, causing the whole surface to drop lower and become coarser over time.
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desert: arid regions covering approximately 30% of the earth's surface
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ephemeral streams: Streams that only run when there is precipitation and then dry up quickly
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fiord: submerged glacial trough that formed when sea level was lower. Also called arm of the sea
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Glacial drift: All sediments deposited by a glacier, containing sediment of all sizes
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glacial-interglacial periods: ice ages
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glacier: Thick ice mass formed by the accumulation, compaction and recrystallization of snow
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hanging valley: Tributary troughs which are higher in elevation than the main trough
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horns: sharp pyramid shaped peaks formed between more than two troughs
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ice sheet: Large bodies of ice that form on continents and grow outward in all directions
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inselbergs: mountain peaks buried in sediment
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loess: Wind-blown deposits of fine silt and mud laid down in broad layers
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Milankovitch cycles: changes in the earth's orbit that create glacial-interglacial periods
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moraine: layers or ridges of till or drift formed along the edges of glaciers, where two glaciers meet or end
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pavement: Coarse veneer of pebbles and gravel that develops in the surface with deflation
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Piedmont: Type of glacier that spreads out over flatter land at base of mountains
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plastic flow: Action of ice that is at the bottom of glacier under pressure
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playa lakes: temporary lakes in deserts where ephemeral streams collect and end, containing sizable deposits of evaporates
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plucking: Form of erosion where ice at the bottom of a glacier picks up sediment, using the same process as ice wedging.
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running water: Main weathering and erosion agent in the desert
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sand dunes: Wind-blown deposits of sand sized particles laid down in ridges or mounds, typically asymmetrical.
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till: mixed sediments deposited by a glacier
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trough: U-shaped valley
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trough: Erosional feature left after a glacier recedes