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Lnle moderares evzry erosion proeess, every nrer
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hasm, every em and M): nan ln shapes and mhipfi
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earrh In a nhemsand ways
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The hydrauhr szgN ol grean luresns, sueh as were
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onee m lhe Americas, would have erreeded any warer
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ralehmenn welghl we ean nuW allord no bulld, and
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drspersed n om a smite! area. nus greanly moderansr
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rhmare. and wrnh u geologral proeesses ln is mime,
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m lran, Gm, Nonh Alrrra. USA, Mauro, Pakmm
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and Ausnraha no see how, In our short hunery ol lane
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dernrurnron, we have broughl nhe hard nsenes ol the
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earnh no nhesunaeeoysnnpprng nhe lnle skm horn nn lor
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ephemeral uses We ran, rn we pusm, treats a
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munn-Iandsnp! ol nhe earnh 5» poor gonheydx
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wander where lhe laheanoresns snoed and lhe leresn
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denlres were worshrpped. the mlxsiom ol resrgnanlon
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and lananrensrn lollow nhase ol me nrnure gods, and
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man—hunln nemples replaee hens and nree sprdns
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821
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THE RESPIRATION OF EARTH
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All or nhe skrn and organs ol nhe aanh breanhe. ll xi 1
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mgulumpmnlon The "diaphragm" orenrrgy lor nhns
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may be proyrded by me moon nndes m waner, earnh, or
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arr. lorally, nhe filling up on sonl by rarnwaner nureer an
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erhalauun ol arr, nhe drymgwul an rnhalanron Fasl
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winds disturb boundary layers, crux: low pressure
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and sorl erhalallon. slow wrnds and hlgh pressures
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noree xnhalilion Mrllrons ul earnh an'mals open
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oreanhrns robes, and arrange nhem Um nhelr own sahel
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no terse an exchange benween nhe aonosphsre and nhe
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wnners, nhe sods, or seaesrnds in which nhey lire Wlm
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nus much ore-med as arr.
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Deeper resprrauons wme lrom deeper flows and
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hssurss, and radon gas or menhane seeps oun £10m nhe
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earnh When nhe earnn llsell expands, grean nows
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lnward and ounward rnusn otcur nhrough nha
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mulnludlnaus assures nhan open up m ngd sedrnurnns
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Thrs eanh resplranlon nranspons and nranslonns nurds
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and lhelr rsaaemed loads, winks, snares, and mm:
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penennial homunh no annospherenooeean setting up
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nhe ponennrals nhan eraare nhundersnurms or humcam,
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We are or nhrs same rssprralron The burmws ol
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spiders, guphers, and worms are no nhr sorl whan RM
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alveoll ol our lung: are no our body. We nan assrsn nhns
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essenllal resplranlon by assnst‘ 5 me and nanural
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m sons.
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ll you lull olrnhe prame day. lhzre wlll be no
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one no fly {or raln.
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(Navajo wan-lung)
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Amused seienlnsns, knowing nhan nhere was no
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eonrervalrle relauonshlp benween pralne dogs and r3'
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reeommended nne ernerrnnnnnron on all burmw n5
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annuals rn some desen areas planned no nngthnds rn
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lhe1950’s ~ rn order no proneen nhe roens ol rhe sparse
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desern glasses Today lhe area nnel nar lrom
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chrleninmno, Armour) has oeeorne x villu-l wnslev
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land ~ heme run-on, sonl eompaenaou and laek ol hesh
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seedoed have earned lhe grasses away lsarre 1oellren
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mlmilm serene 04:5! 7:, Sew/Om
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Using prairie dog burrows as waner sinks, and
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sausrng wansr run—cl! no flood down nhem, nhus
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germmalmg snored underground seed, had lhe
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opposlle elleel on he Pngc ranch, now a dryland
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FIGURE 1.1:
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GENERAL solL EROSION PROCESSES m LANDSCAPES
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