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Sci vocab 3-2
science vocab
Question | Answer |
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Mass Movement | any of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhills |
Divide | the ridge of land that separates one drainage basin from another |
Flood Plain | wide valley through which a rivers flow |
Meander | a looplike bend in the course of a river |
Oxbow Lake | a meader cut off from a river |
Alluvial Fan | a wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range |
Runoff | water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground |
Drainage Basin | the land area from which a river and its tributaries collect ther water |
Tributary | a stream that flows into a larger stream |
River | a large stream |
Stream | a channel through which water is continually flowing downhill |
Gully | a large channel in soil formed by erosion |