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19 Cards in this Set
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jetty
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a structure built to stop the movement of sand
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delta
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a flat plain formed by sediments when a river empties into an ocean
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glacier
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a huge mass of moving ice that forms over land
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moraine
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rock material carried by a glacier
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headland
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a natural piece of land that extends out into the water
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bay
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a body of water that is part;y enclosed by land but has an opening called a mouth connecting to the ocean
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terminal moraine
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a glacier's largest deposit
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valley glaciers
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form high in mountain ranges
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continental glaciers
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found only in Greenland and Antarctica
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glacier grooves
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grooves left in a rock by a glacier
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erractics
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large boulders dropped by a glacier
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sand dune
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piles of sand deposited in one place
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erosion
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the process by which broken down rock material is carried from one place to another by moving water, wind, or ice.
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butte
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a narrow topped hill with very steep, clifflike sides
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largest river in US
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Mississippi
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Name three of the Mississippi's tributaries
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Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio
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weathering
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the process by which rock is broken into smaller pieces.
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river system
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a river and its waterways
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sediments
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the materials that are carried by moving water
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