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  2. Fluvioglacial landform - Wikipedia

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    Fluvioglacial landforms or glaciofluvial landforms[a] are those that result from the associated erosion and deposition of sediments caused by glacial meltwater. Glaciers contain suspended sediment loads, much of which is initially picked up from the underlying landmass. Landforms are shaped by glacial erosion through processes such as glacial ...

  3. Glacial stream - Wikipedia

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    The different streams are supraglacial, subglacial, englacial and proglacial. A glacier stream is a channelized area that is formed by a glacier in which liquid water accumulates and flows. [1] Glacial streams are also commonly referred to as "glacier stream" or/and "glacial meltwater stream". The movement of the water is influenced and ...

  4. Sediment transport - Wikipedia

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    Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes of the Mojave Desert, California. Aeolian or eolian (depending on the parsing of æ) is the term for sediment transport by wind. This process results in the formation of ripples and sand dunes. Typically, the size of the transported sediment is fine sand (<1 mm) and smaller, because air is a fluid ...

  5. Fluvial sediment processes - Wikipedia

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    Fluvial sediment processes. Deep, eroding glaciofluvial deposits alongside the Matanuska River, Alaska. In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments. It can result in the formation of ripples and dunes, in fractal ...

  6. Alluvial plain - Wikipedia

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    An alluvial plain is a plain (an essentially flat landform) created by the deposition of sediment over a long period by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the smaller area over which the rivers flood at a particular time. In contrast, the alluvial plain is ...

  7. Fluvial terrace - Wikipedia

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    Fluvial terrace. Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial terraces, or uplands by distinctly steeper strips of land called "risers".

  8. Alluvial river - Wikipedia

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    An alluvial river is one in which the bed and banks are made up of mobile sediment and/or soil. Alluvial rivers are self-formed, meaning that their channels are shaped by the magnitude and frequency of the floods that they experience, and the ability of these floods to erode, deposit, and transport sediment. For this reason, alluvial rivers can ...

  9. What's the difference between raw and pasteurized milk? - AOL

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    Raw milk has been in the news a lot the past few months. I’m also noticing more about herd share opportunities and dairy products made with raw milk. So, I feel compelled to write today’s ...