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Water - Erosion

Vocabulary review of water erosion and deposition

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soaks into ground groundwater
surface water erosion from runoff that makes small channels rill erosion
rain and sediments running over a gentle slope sheet erosion
a bend or curve in a river meander
water quickly loses energy and deposits sediments in a triangular shape alluvial fan
a river emptying into a ocean forms this triangular deposit delta
soil or water through which water can move permeable
a large mass of permeable rock that water can easily move through aquifer
all pores in the rock are filled with water in this area zone of saturation
the surface just above the zone of saturation water table
type of topography where carbonate rocks form caves, sinkholes and underground streams karst
made of deposits of sand and other sediments and runs parallel to the shore beach
limestone dissolves and forms this underground feature cave
underground rocks heat groundwater which comes out onto Earth's surface hot spring
a type of well that brings water to the surface by natural pressure artesian well
water that reaches streams, etc. by flowing on top of Earth's surface runoff
surface water erosion caused by fast moving water making huge channels in rock or soil gully erosion
a watershed or large land area that is drained by rivers that form a system drainage basin
flat land that is flooded when a river overflows during a flood flood plain
soil or rock that water cannot easily move through impermeable
a water source where the water table is at the Earth's surface spring
an erupting hot spring geyser
this ocean current runs parallel to the shoreline longshore current
a long, narrow island made of sand that is parallel to the shore barrier island
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