When a land deteriorates and turns into desert like environments (The Sahel belt region is most prone to this process aswell as marginal land)
Desertification
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Artificial water supply system in a desert and helps turn land into fertile grounds, starts with "I"
irrigation
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Process of "sand blasting" effect occuring in both deserts and mountain regions
Abrasion
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Type of weathering occuring in rocks including heating and cooling and leading to cracking.
Freeze Thaw
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When the layers peel of rocks in the desert like an onion.
Exfoliation
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This is both in mountanious ranges and in deserts when the temperature goes really high and then drops extremely low at night. What is this temperature range called?
Diurnal range
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water in soils evaporates in high temperatures, drawing salts from the soil to the surface
Salinisation
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large rocks or boulders that are often found on their own, rather than in piles when glacier receeds
Erratics
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Piles of deposit found at the junction between two glaciers
Medial moraine
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Artificial water supply system in a desert and helps turn land into fertile grounds, starts with "I"
Back
irrigation
Card 3
Front
Process of "sand blasting" effect occuring in both deserts and mountain regions
Back
Card 4
Front
Type of weathering occuring in rocks including heating and cooling and leading to cracking.
Back
Card 5
Front
When the layers peel of rocks in the desert like an onion.
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