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Flashcards by cian.buckley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cian.buckley
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Cirque (The Work of Moving Ice) | Birthplace of a glacier |
| Focus (The Restless Earth) | Place where crack occurs |
| Epicentre (The Restless Earth) | Surface area directly above the focus |
| Surtsey (The Restless Earth) | Volcanic island off Iceland which first appeared in an eruption in 1963 |
| Grikes (Chemical Weathering by Rainwater: The Burren Area) | Deep grooves in the limestone pavement. Once narrow, vertical joints which were widened |
| Clints (Chemical Weathering by Rainwater: The Burren Area) | Blocks of limestone that separate the grikes |
| Terracettes (Mass Movement) | Ridges soil accumulates in during soil creep |
| Confluence (The Work of Rivers) | The place where two or more rivers meet |
| Watershed (The Work of Rivers) | The high ground which separates one river basin from another |
| Arete (The Work of Moving Ice) | Narrow ridge separating two Cirques |
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