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16 Cards in this Set
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Runoff
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remaining water that moves over earth's surface
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rills
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tiny grooves in soil
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gully
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large groove or channel
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stream
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channel which water is continually flowing down
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river
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large stream
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drainage basin
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land area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water
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divide
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high ground between 2 drainage basins
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flood plain
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flat wide area of land along a river
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meander
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looplike bend in the course of a river
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oxbow lake
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meander that has been cut off from a river
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alluvial fan
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wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
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delta
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sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a landform
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groundwater
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underground water
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stalcite
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icicle from top of cave
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stalagmite
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coneshaped from bottom cave
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karst topography
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collapse
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