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Describe how wind transport materials on the desert surface using the following processes.
(i) Surface creep.
(ii) Saltation

Answer Text:
(i) Surface creep
Heavy pebbles / stones pushed / rolled by wind currents for short distances.
(ii) Saltation
-Medium sized particles rolled along the ground and then lifted by wind currents to the air and then dropped hence moved in a
series of short jumps along the desert surface.