Multiple Choice
The lifting and removal of sand grains in low arcs by wind is termed __________, while the wearing down of an exposed surface by the action of wind blown sand sized particles is described as ____________.
A) abrasion; cohesion
B) cohesion; deposition
C) deposition; deflation
D) deflation; saltation
E) saltation; abrasion
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