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L
Lagoon, 37
Landscape, 6
human, 27
natural, 27
Lapies, 34
Lava, 10
stream, 12
Leeward, 41
Limestones, 28
Limit
convergent, 11
divergent, 11
Lithology, 26
Lithospheric plates, 11
Loess, 41
M
Magma, 10
Magmatic chamber, 10
Magnitude, 14
Marsh, 37
Mesas, 29
Modelling
coastal, 36
karstic, 34
Moor, 29
Moraine, 38
Mushroom rocks, 40
P
Pahoehoe, 12
Permeability, 32
Porosity, 32
Prevention
seismic, 17
volcanic, 17
Pyroclasts, 12
R
Relief, 6
structural, 29
Ria, 31
Richter scale, 14
Ridges, 29
Rounding, 25
S
Scree, 28
Sedimentary basins, 25
Sedimentation, 25
Sediments, 25
Seismogram, 10
Sink, 34
Sinkhole, 34
Soil, 27
Speleothem, 34
Spit, 37
Strata, 25
Surface runoff or flood waters, 35
T
Tafoni, 40
Thermal weathering, 40
Tombolo, 37
Torrent, 35
Tsunamis, 14
V
Valley
trough, 30
U-shaped, 39
V-shaped, 30
VEI, 15
Volcano, 10
W
Weathering, 24
biological, 24
chemical, 24
physical, 24
Windward, 41
Z
Zone,
ablation, 38
saturated, 32
