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19 Cards in this Set
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Erosion |
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another. |
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Sediment |
May consist of pieces of rock or soil, or the remains of plants and animals. |
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Deposition |
The agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment. |
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Gravity |
The force that pulls you to the earth. |
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Mass Movement |
One of several processes that move sediment down hill. |
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Runoff |
As water moves over land it carries particles with it. |
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Rill |
Tiny grooves in the soil. |
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Gully |
A large groove or channel in the soil. |
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Stream |
A channel along which water is coninousley flowing down a slope. |
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Trubutary |
A stream or river that flows into a larger river. |
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Flood Plain |
A wide area of land along a river. |
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Meander |
A loop like bend i the course of a river. |
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Oxbow Lake |
A meander that has been cut off from the river. |
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Delta |
Sediment that has been dropped where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a land form. |
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Alluvial fan |
A wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range. |
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Groundwater |
The term geologists use for this underfround water. |
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Stalacite |
A deposit that hangs from icicle from a roof of a cave. |
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Stalagmite |
Slow dripping. |
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Karst topography |
A sinkhole. |
