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Wind

Wind may erode, transport and deposit rock materials to change the landscape. It is only an

effective agent in places where it is strong, usually in dry regions with scant vegetation.

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Glaciers

Glaciers are masses of moving ice. They cut U-shaped valleys known as glacial valleys.

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RiversRivers also carry out erosion, transportation and

deposition which change the landscape. The dominant process depends on the velocity of the

water.

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Rainwater

Rainwater is a very effective agent for eroding and shaping relief features in areas

with dry climates and torrential rain.

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Beach at Hilo Bay (Hawaii).

Heavy rains

caused some

erosion.

Groundwater

Groundwater causes the

dissolution of limestone rock and

forms karst landscapes.

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Limestone – piedra caliza

Ocean waves

Ocean waves,

tides and currents shape coastal

landscapes.

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Wave – olaTide – marea

Current - corriente

Sources• http

://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Im_Salar_de_Uyuni.jpg• http://monalisasmiles.edu.glogster.com/• http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2304732• http://www.hawaii247.com/2009/10/12/wish-you-were-here-hilo-bay/• http://www.topnews.in/glacial-erosion-changes-internal-mountain-

structure-responses-plate-tectonics-290396• http://www.sfu.ca/~jkoch/older_stuff/glacierglossary.html• http://geozeum.com/landslide/big/28.html• http://www.aplicaciones.info/naturales/natura05.htm

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