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Landforms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| large area of flat land elevated high above sea level | plateau |
| a deep valley with steep sides often carved by a river | canyon |
| a natural land shape or feature | landform |
| a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | valley |
| landslides that occur when loose soil and rock are mixed with water | mudslide |
| the process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces | weathering |
| a stream or river that flowes into a larger river | tributary |
| a slow moving mass of ice | glacier |
| a triangular area of land formed from deposition at the mouth of a river | delta |
| small pieces such as weathered rock, gravel, sand and pebbles | sediment |
| a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | landslide |
| land/soil that is able to produce good crops is called.... | fertile |
| process in which eroded material is dropped in a new place | deposition |
| a ridge of sand created by the wind | dune |
| a loop/bend in a river | meander |
| an area of flat land near a river that often floods | floodplain |
| the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water, wind or ice | abrasion |
| the process of moving sediment from one place to another | erosion |
| a crescent shaped lake | oxbow lake |
| The more vegetation on a hill, the ______ erosion will occur.. | less |
| The _______ a slope on a hill is, the more erosion will occur | steeper |
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