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9 Cards in this Set
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Flood |
When water overflows or inundates land that's normally dry. |
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Irrigation |
Is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. |
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Silt |
Earth carried by moving water and deposited as a sediment. |
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River Valley |
Formed by flowing water in mountains. |
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Agriculture |
Practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops. |
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Cataract |
A large and high waterfall. |
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Delta |
Is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves.
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Mountain range |
Is a geographic area containing numerous mountains.
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Tributary |
Is a river that flows into a larger river o a lake. |
