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