| Fahrenheit Scale |
temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°, and the boiling point 212° |
| Fault |
sharp break in rock with a displacement of the block on one side with respect to the adjacent blocks |
| Fault Creep |
continuous slippage of a fault, relieving some of the accumulated strain |
| Fiord |
narrow, deep ocean embayment partially filling a glacial trough |
| Firn |
granular old snow forming a surface layer of a glacier |
| Flood |
stream flow so high that it cannot be accommodated within the stream channel and must spread over the banks to the adjacent floodplain |
| Floodplain |
low, flat ground, present on one or both sides of a stream channel |
| Fog |
cloud layer in contact with land or sea surface |
| Forest |
a group of trees growing close together |
| Front |
surface of contact between two unlike air masses |
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