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HKDSE Geography/E1/External Processes and the Landscape
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Weathering
Erosion
Fluvial
waterfall, rapids at Lam Tsuen River
Wave
Rain
Mass movement
In badlands, the weathered granitic rocks are very loosely packed. Thus the shear strength contributed by the cohesiveness of soil particles is very weak. The area also lacks vegetation, so no plant roots hold the soil particles together. The slope is therefore more prone to failure.
Deposition
Fluvial
Wave
Colluvial