General Knowledge

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Mineral composed of potassium chloride, a salt used in manufacturing fertilizer
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Sylvite

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Mineral or rock composed of sodium chloride; susceptible to dissolution
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Halite

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An event involving a significant number of people and/or significant economic damage
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Disaster

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The deepest parts of the channel along the length of the stream bed
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Thalweg

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Lenses of pure ice developed in permafrost sediment
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Segregated Ice

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An abnormally long wavelength wave produced by sudden displacement of water
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Tsunami

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Topographic line or boundary separating watersheds
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Drainage Divide

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Formed on the ceiling of a cavern when water percolates through fractures in limestone
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Stalactite

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Slope of the river channel; typically decreases downstream
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Gradient

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A large steep-sided volcano consisting of layers of ash, fragmental debris and lava
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Stratovolcanoes