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Q: When windblown sediments settle behind an obstacle what is created?
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When windblown sediments pile up behind obstacles are what?

Sand dunes


When windblown sediments settle behind and obstacle these are created?

It's just known as an Eolian (wind-driven) deposit. It will result in the formation of a slope of varying degrees, depending on the friction of the material against itself. Greater friction will lead to a slope of greater angle.


What is Deposits formed when wind blown sediments settle and build up behind an obstacle?

Dunes.


Sediments left behind by moving wind or water?

sediments left behind by moving water or wind


What are moraines and drumlins created by?

When glaciers advance or retreat, the sediments left behind create a moraine. Drumlins are created by the flow of glaciers that mold sediment into streamlined, elongated hills.


Why was the periscope invented?

To help see an object behind an obstacle.


The spreading of waves into the region behind an obstacle is known as?

Diffraction.


What forms when sediment is blown against an obstacle and settles behind it?

Dunes!:)


What is the process where soil and rock are left behind?

You may be referring to sediments.


What is meant by alkaline complexes?

Sediments left behind in an evaporite lacustrian complex.


When deposits of till build up What is left behind?

When deposits of till build up, they can leave behind various landforms such as moraines, drumlins, eskers, and outwash plains. These features are created by the movement of glaciers and the deposition of sediments as the glacier retreats.


When wind eroding only fine grained sediment leaving behind coarse sediments?

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