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flocculation

Subject: 

  • Geography

sediments in a river clotting with the salts of the sea

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(also called a lava dome) non-explosive volcano consisting of several layers of fluid lava

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a grid using block references

drainage pattern
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pattern made by the way in which tributaries join the main stream

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Subject:
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aerial photograph taken at 60°-90° to the vertical

ecological drought
Subject:
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a decrease in vegetation due to lack of rain