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18 Cards in this Set
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All the remainning water that moves over Earth's surface
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Runoff
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Tiny grooves in the soil formed when runoff travels
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Rills
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A large groove, or channel, in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm
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Gully
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A channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope
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Stream
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A large stream
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River
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A stream that flows into a larger stream
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Tributary
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The land area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water
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Drainage Basin
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A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
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Alluvial Fan
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Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake and builds up a landform
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Delta
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As a river approaches sea level, it may meander more and develop a wider valley and a broader flood plain
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Valley Widening
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Sand carried downstream by rivers spreads along the coast to form beaches
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Beaches
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When a river's power of erosion widens its valley rather than deepening it; The San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers both have vast flood plains.
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Flood Plain
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As the river flows, it cuts a deeper valley. Many California rivers in the Sierra Nevada have steep, V-shaped valleys, except where glaciers have carved the valley walls. Examples include the Merced and Tuolumne rivers.
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V-Shaped Valley
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Common where the river passes over harder rock, many California rivers have them, common on fast-flowing rivers like the Trinity and the American rivers
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Waterfalls and Rapids
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The flat, wide area of land along a river
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Flood Plain
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The high ground between two drainage basins
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Divide
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A looplike bend in the course of a river
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Meander
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A meander that has been cut off from the river
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Oxbow Lake
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