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14 Cards in this Set
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runoff |
water that flows over the ground surface. |
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rill |
a tiny groove in soil made by flowing water. |
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gully |
a large channel in soil formed by erosion. |
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stream |
a channel through which water is continually. |
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tributary |
a stream that flows into a larger stream. |
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flood plain |
wide valley through which a river flows. |
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meander |
a loop like bend in the course of a river. |
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oxbow lake |
a meander cut off from a river. |
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alluvial fan |
a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain rage. |
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delta |
a landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into a ocean or lake. |
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groundwater |
water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers. |
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stalactite |
a calcite deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave. |
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stalagmite |
a cone-shaped calcite deposit that builds up from the floor of a cave. |
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krast topography |
a region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, sinkholes. |
