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15 Cards in this Set
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Drought
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Long periods of time without rain
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Meanders
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Large sweeping curves in a river caused by the water eroding and depositing sediment
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Plateau
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A flat area of land that is higher than the land around it
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Sediments
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Soil that has been eroded and deposited by moving water
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Erosion
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The wearing away of land by water, wind or ice
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Delta
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Part of a river where the river drops off the sediment it has eroded as it opens into a large body of water.
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Weathering
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When wind or water picks up tiny particles of rock and throws it against rock and it is worn away piece by piece
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Tributaries
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Branches of a river off the main trunk
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Humus
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Dead plant and animal matter and a component of soil
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Soil
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Made up of gravel, sand humus and clay
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Main stem/ trunk
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The primary channel in a river system
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Gully
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When a continuous flow of water forms a ditch
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Velocity
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Speed
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Runoff
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the water that flow into a large body of water at the end of a river or stream
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Deposition
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When soil is dropped off
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