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River system vocab
Term | Definition |
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Flood plain | A broad, flat valley through which a river flows. |
Oxbow lake | The crescent shaped cutoff body of water that remains after a river carves a new channel. |
Erosion | The process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the ground surface and carried away. |
Tributary | A smaller stream or river that feeds into a main river. |
Meander | A looping curve formed in a river as it winds through its flood plain. |
Headwaters | The many small streams that come together at the source of a river. |
Mouth | The point where a river flows into another body of water. |