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23 Cards in this Set
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Calcite |
A common mineral composed of calcium,carbon,and oxygen |
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Canyon |
A v-shaped valley eroded by a river |
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Delta |
A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river |
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Deposition |
The accumulation or laying down of matter by a natural process,as the laying down of sediments in a river |
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Differential erosion |
Occurs where a mountain or plateau is made of both soft weak rocks and harder,more resident rocks |
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Dune |
A Mount hill or ridge of windblown sand |
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Erosion |
The process whereby rock material at earths surface is removed and carried away |
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Eskers |
I winding,narrow ridge of sand or gravel probably deposited by a stream flowing in or under glacial ice |
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Floodplain |
The land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during the flood |
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Gradients |
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Glaciers |
Huge mass of ice and snow the forms were snow gathers faster than it melts and flows along the river over an area of land |
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Limestone |
Rocks containing calcite |
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Meander |
A curve or a loop in a river |
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Moraines |
A Mass of till(boulders pebbles sand and mud) deposited by a glacier,often in the form of a long ridge |
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Mountain |
High, uplifted area with steep slopes |
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Outwash |
Sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams and in front of glacier ice |
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Plain |
Nearly level area that has been eroded or where material has been deposited |
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Plateau |
Large nearly level area of land that has been uplifted or elevated above surrounding area |
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Rock column |
The sequence of rocks or more than one type drawn by geologist |
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Sandstone |
Rocks made of sand particles cemented together |
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Streams |
A flow of water in a channel or bed,as a brook,rivulet,or a small river |
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Tills |
An unstratified,unconsolidated mass of boulders, pebbles, sand, and mud deposited by the movement or melting of a glacier |
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Valley |
A low area between hills and mountains, often where a river flows |
