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Rapid movement of land, ranging from cm/hr to m/s of material disappearing almost instantaneously
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Collapse
General Knowledge
Relatively flat lowland that borders a river usually dry but subject to flooding
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Relatively flat lowland that borders a river usually dry but subject to flooding
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Floodplain
Water saturated sediment jostled by an earthquake rearrange themselves into a closer packing arragement
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Water saturated sediment jostled by an earthquake rearrange themselves into a closer packing arragement
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Liquefaction
Where the earthquake actually happens in the earth’s crust, where energy is radiating out from all directions
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Where the earthquake actually happens in the earth’s crust, where energy is radiating out from all directions
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Focus
A circular or oval feature resulting from the dissolution of rock
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A circular or oval feature resulting from the dissolution of rock
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Doline
Natural & Human Created Hazard like floods, droughts, wildland fires, weather phenomena, landslides are called
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Natural & Human Created Hazard like floods, droughts, wildland fires, weather phenomena, landslides are called
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Hydrometeorological Hazards
Type of collision forms continent volcanic arc of stratovolcanoes
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Type of collision forms continent volcanic arc of stratovolcanoes
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Ocean-Continent
Basalt lava with a ropy or smooth top
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Basalt lava with a ropy or smooth top
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Pahoehoe Flow
Magma that flows out onto the ground surface
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Magma that flows out onto the ground surface
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Lava
Fragmental material blown out of a volcano (ex. tephra, cinders, and bombs)
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Fragmental material blown out of a volcano (ex. tephra, cinders, and bombs)
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Pyroclastic