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The branch of science concerned with the properties of matter and energy and the relationships between them.
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desertification
Geography; Geophysics
The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use.
triassic age (period)
Geography; Geophysics
first period of the Mesozoic era that lasted for 42 million years and during which reptiles flourished
saturated zone
Geography; Geophysics
A geological formation where the pore spaces are fully saturated with water, that is, groundwater.
granite
Geography; Geophysics
a light-coloured coarse-grained acid plutonic igneous rock consisting of quartz, feldspars, and such ferromagnesian minerals as biotite or hornblende: widely used for building
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