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calcification

caldera

caliche

capillary water

carbonation

carbon cycle

carbon dioxide

carbon monoxide

carnivore

cartography

cation-exchange capacity

chaparral

chatter marks

chemical weathering

chloroflurocarbons

chlorophyll

cinder cone

circle of illumination

circum-pacific belt

cirque

cirrus cloud

climate

climatology

climograph

closed system

cloud

coal

col

cold front

columnar jointing

composite volcano

condensation

condensation nuclei

conduction

cone of depression

confined aquifer

constant gases

consumer

Continental Divide

continental drift

continental glacier

continental antarctic air mass (cAA)

continental arctic air mass (cA)

continental polar air mass (cP)

continental tropical air mass (cT)

continentality

continental shield

continental shelf

contour line

convection

convergence (air)

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

coral

core

coriolis force 

crater

crevasse

crust

cuesta

cumulus cloud

cumulonimbus cloud

cut bank

cyclone

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