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river key terms
hangman game
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A broad flat valley through which river flows | Flood Plain |
| The crescent shaped cutoff body of water that remains after a river curves into a channel | Oxbow Lake |
| The process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the ground surface and carried away | Erosion |
| The area where the river cuts off | Cut Bank |
| The process by which soil and fragments are dispose in a new location | Deposition |
| The slope of the land is less steep Tributaries increase the river volume the river erodes it's channel making it wider and deeper | Downriver |