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Geography Glossary B4

 

1. Coarse grained deposit of sediment from a stream or ocean currents?

2. Crescent shaped sand dune that has its long axis transverse to the wind and its crescent tips pointed downwind?

3. Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure?

4. A long and narrow beach of sand and/or gravel that runs parallel to the coastline and is not submerged by the tide?

5. Long, narrow islands of sand and/or gravel that are usually aligned parallel to the shore of some coasts?

6. The sliding of a glacier over the surface it rests on?

7. Extensive continental deposits of basaltic volcanic rock?

8. A dark colored fine grained igneous rock formed from mafic magma?

9. Substance having a pH greater than 7?

10. Rate of discharge in a stream where only the throughflow and groundwater flow from subsurface aquifers contribute to the overall flow?

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