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What process is mainly responsible for shaping the surface of the land ?
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Water running downhill is the major aagent of the erosion that has shaped Earth's land surface
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What features are formed by water, erosion, and deposition ?
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Through erosion, a river creates valleys, waterfalls, flood plains, meanders, and oxbow lakes. Deposition creates landforms such as alluvial fans and deltas. It can also add soil to a river's flood plain.
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What is runoff ?
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Runoff is water that moves over Earth's surface.
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What is a rill ?
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A rill is when during sheet erosion, runoff forms tiny grooves in the soil.
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What is a gully ?
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A gully is a large, groove, or channel, in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.
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What is a stream ?
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A stream is a channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope.
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What is energy ?
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Energy is the ability to do work or cause change.
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What is a flood plain ?
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A flood plain is the flat, wide area of land along a river.
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What is a meander ?
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A meander is a looplike bend in the course of a river.
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What is an oxbow lake ?
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An oxbow lake is a meander that has been cut off from the river.
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What is an alluvial fan ?
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An alluvial fan is a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
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What is a delta ?
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A delta is where sediment is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up an landform.
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What is load ?
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Load is the amount of sediment that a river carries.
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