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A river characterized by multiple, frequency shifting channels
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Braided River
General Knowledge
A broad expanse of basalt lava that cooled to fill in low-lying areas of the landscape
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A broad expanse of basalt lava that cooled to fill in low-lying areas of the landscape
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Flood Basalt
An ice jam initiated by rpaid change in temperature
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An ice jam initiated by rpaid change in temperature
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Thermal Ice Jam
An extremely large basalt-lava volcano, gently sloping sides
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An extremely large basalt-lava volcano, gently sloping sides
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Shield Volcano
Extremely slow downslope flow of sediment on the surface
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Extremely slow downslope flow of sediment on the surface
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Creep
Where the earthquake actually appears on the earth’s surface, sometimes there is a rupture at that point
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Where the earthquake actually appears on the earth’s surface, sometimes there is a rupture at that point
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Epicentre
Downslope creep driven by sequential freezing and thawing
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Downslope creep driven by sequential freezing and thawing
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Gelifluction
A huge collapse depression at the Earth’s surface that sank into a near-surface magma chamber during eruption of the magma
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A huge collapse depression at the Earth’s surface that sank into a near-surface magma chamber during eruption of the magma
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Resurgent Caldera
The length of a fault broken during an earthquake
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The length of a fault broken during an earthquake
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Surface Rupture Length
Developed in 1902 by Giuseppe Mercalli
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Developed in 1902 by Giuseppe Mercalli
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Mercalli Intensity Scale