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31 Cards in this Set
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Stream Channel
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Narrow Pathway Carved into sediment or rock by the movement of surface water
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Stream Bank
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Grand bordering each side of a stream that keeps moving water confined
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Meander
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A Bend or curve in a stream channel caused by moving water
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Delta
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Triangular Deposit that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
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Flood plain
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Broad , flat area that extends out from a stream's band and is covered by excess water during times of flooding
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Discharge
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The measure of the volume of stream water that flows over particular location within given time.
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Bed Load
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Consists of sand, pebbles and cobbles that the stream's water can roll or push along the bed of a stream
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Solution
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Material carried in this after it becomes dissolved in stream water
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Divide
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High land area that separates one water shed from another
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Watershed
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Land area drained by a stream system
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Run Off
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water flowing down slope along earth's surface
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Loess
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thick wind -blown silt deposits
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Dune
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Overtime pile of wind blown development
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Ventifact
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Rocks shaped by wind-blown sediments.
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Abrasion
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Another process of erosion. Occurs when particles such as sand rub against the surface of rocks or other materials
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Deflation
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The lowering of land surface that result from the wind's removal of surface particles
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Weathering
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process by which rocks on or near earth's surface break down and change.
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Erosion
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Removal and transport of weathered material from one location to another
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Mechanical weathering
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Process by which rocks and minerals break down into smaller pieces
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Frost wedging
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Repeated thawing and freezing of water in the cracks of rocks
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Exfoliation
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Process by which other rock layers are striped away
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Chemical weathering
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Process by which rocks and mineral undergo changes in their composition as the result of chemical reactions.
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Oxidation
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Chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances
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Deposition
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Final stage of erosional process. the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
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Rill erosion
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Running water in small channels , on side of a slope
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Mudflows
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Swiftly moving mixtures of mud and water
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Landslide
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A rapid, down slope movement of earth materials that occurs when a relatively thin block of lose soil , rock , debris separates from underlying bedrock
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Slump
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When the mass of material in landslide rotates and slodes along a curved surface.
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Avalanche
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Landslide that occur in mountainous areas with thick accumulations of snow
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Mass Movement
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Down slope movement of loose sediments and weathered rock resulting the force of gravity.
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Creep
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Slow steady downhill flow of loose, weathered earth materials , especially soils.
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