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1 Mass wasting: Rock falls and talus

2 Mass wasting: Rock falls and talus
Stonebarrow cliffs, England Talus slope, somewhere exotic looking

3 Mass wasting: Slumps and landslides

4 Mass wasting: Slumps/landslides

5 Mass wasting: Slumps/landslides

6 Mass wasting: Rockslide (a landslide of dry, competent rock)

7 Mass wasting: Creep

8 Mass wasting: Creep ‘terracettes’

9 Mass wasting: debris flow/mud flow

10 Water-erosion: raindrop impact

11 Water-erosion: sheet wash (lamellar flow)

12 Water-erosion: ‘rill’/’gully’ erosion (onset of turbulent flow)

13 V-shaped river valley-the engine of sediment
removal and transport

14 River processes: bed load

15 River processes: suspended load

16 Flood plains - temporary sinks of fine sediment
Recent flooding of the Thames river basin

17 Stream meanders

18 Oxbow lake

19 Alluvial fan (death valley)


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