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Deposition |
When rivers deposit material |
Deposit |
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Delta |
A fan shaped mass of mud deposited at the mouth of a stream |
Fan shaped |
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Alluvial fan |
A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply |
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Floodplain |
An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows it's banks |
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Dam |
A barrier that redirects water |
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Levee |
A buildup of sediment deposited along the channel of a river that keeps a river inside of its banks |
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