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2. a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
3. the steepness of a line on a graph, equal to its vertical change divided by its horizontal change
6. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
8. A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
9. island An island that protects the main body of land from ocean waves.
11. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
14. the boundary between land and a body of water
15. the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
16. Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
17. occurs when rocks or rock fragments fall freely through the air; common on steep slopes
20. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
21. Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
23. the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next

1. The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
4. The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.
5. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
7. an integrated software package for handling, processing, and analyzing geographical data and computer database in which every item of information is tied to a precise geographic location
8. the general term for all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier
10. A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
12. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
13. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
17. the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
18. map A map showing the differing elevations of an area, and sometimes including data on watersheds
19. On a topographic map, a heavier contour line that is labeled with elevation of that contour line
21. a long, narrow bank of sand in a body of water
22. the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water