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An elevation that a stream cannot erode past, controlled by level of the body of water which the stream discharges into
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Base Level
General Knowledge
A landslide that moves along a regular sloping planar surface
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A landslide that moves along a regular sloping planar surface
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Translational Slide
Mineral composed of potassium chloride, a salt used in manufacturing fertilizer
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Mineral composed of potassium chloride, a salt used in manufacturing fertilizer
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Sylvite
Mineral or rock composed of sodium chloride; susceptible to dissolution
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Mineral or rock composed of sodium chloride; susceptible to dissolution
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Halite
An event involving a significant number of people and/or significant economic damage
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An event involving a significant number of people and/or significant economic damage
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Disaster
The deepest parts of the channel along the length of the stream bed
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The deepest parts of the channel along the length of the stream bed
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Thalweg
Lenses of pure ice developed in permafrost sediment
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Lenses of pure ice developed in permafrost sediment
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Segregated Ice
An abnormally long wavelength wave produced by sudden displacement of water
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An abnormally long wavelength wave produced by sudden displacement of water
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Tsunami
Topographic line or boundary separating watersheds
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Topographic line or boundary separating watersheds
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Drainage Divide
Formed on the ceiling of a cavern when water percolates through fractures in limestone
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Formed on the ceiling of a cavern when water percolates through fractures in limestone
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Stalactite