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Earth's Surface
Term | Definition |
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delta | A landform at the mouth of a river made by the sand, silt, soil, and rocks deposited by moving water |
deposition | The process in which water, wind, or ice build up the earth's surface by dropping sediment in new locations |
erosion | The process in which gravity, water, ice, and wind move sediment from one place to another on the earth's surface |
mouth | Where a river meets a lake, valley, or ocean |
river | A body of flowing water that empties into an ocean, valley, lake, or another river |
riverbed | The bottom of a river |
sediment | Materials, such as sand, silt, soil, and rocks, that have been carried along and deposited by water, wind, or ice |
slope | The inclined surface of a hill or mountain |
source | Where a river begins |
freshwater | water found in rivers, lakes, and groundwater |
groundwater | the water in soil and porous rocks underground |
spring | a small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth |
weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
glacier | a large, slow moving sheet of ice |
earthquake | a sudden movement of Earth's crust along a fault |
sinkhole | a natural hole that forms in the Earth's surface as a result of weathering |