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Term | Definition |
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Erosion | The process be which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport soil and sediment from one location to another |
Depesion | The process in which material is laid down |
Floodplain | An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks |
Delta | A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream |
Alluvial Fan | A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply |
Groundwater | The water that is beneath Earth's surface |
Shoreline | The boundary between land and a body of water |
Beach | An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited setiment |
Sandbar | A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea |
Barrier Island | A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore |
Dune | A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind |
Loess | Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind |
Glacier | A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land |
Glacial Drift | The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers |
Creep | The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material |
Rockfall | The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff |
Landslide | The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope |
Mudflow | The flow of a mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water |