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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sediment | is the material moved by erosion. |
| Deposition | is the process by which sediment is laid down in a new location. |
| Erosion | is the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another. |
| Moving Water | is the major agent of the erosion that has shaped Earth’s surface. |
| River | is formed when several streams flow together to form larger body of flowing water. |
| Tributaty | is a stream that flows into a larger stream. |
| Runoff | is the water that moves over the Earth’s surface after a rainfall. |
| Meander | is a loop like bend in the course of river. |
| Caves | can be formed when groundwater and carbon dioxide create carbolic acid and erode limestone. |
| Oxbow Lake | is a meander that has been cut off from the river. |
| Glacier | is any large mass of moving ice and snow, which form u-shaped valleys. |
| Valley Glacier | is a long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in mountain valleys. |
| Continental Glacier | covers much of a continent and is much larger and thicker than a valley glacier. |
| Ice Age | The times in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of the earth’s surface were called |
| Glaciers | The Great Lakes were created by |
| Plucking | As a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks in a process called |
| Till | is the sediments directly deposited by glaciers. |
| Moraine | The till deposited at the edges of a glacier forms a ridge called |
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