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WEATHERING/EROSION

TermDefinition
WEATHERING BREAKING DOWN OF SEDIMENTS
CHEMICAL WEATHERING CHANGES AS IT BREAKS DOWN
MECHANICAL OR PHYSICAL WEATHERING DOES NOT CHANGE AS IT BREAKS DOWN
DEPOSTION DROPPING OF SEDIMENTS
EROSION MOVING OF SEDIMENTS EITHER BY WIND, WATER, GLACIER OR GRAVITY
U SHAPE VALLEY CREATED OR CARVED BY GLACIER
ICE WEDGING CONSTANT FREEZING AND THAWING OF WATER BREAKING DOWN ROCK OVER TIME
OXIDATION CAUSES RUST
TALUS SLOPE ROCKS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SLOPE
CURVED SCAR WHERE ORIGINAL LAND USED TO SIT BEFORE A LANDSLIDE
STRIATIONS GLACIAL SCRATCHES ON ROCK
HUMUS RICH, ORGANIC MATTER IN THE TOP LAYER OF THE SOIL
CREEP SLOW, GRAVITY EROSION CAUSING THINGS TO LEAN BY ICE WEDGING
CARBONIC ACID H20 ABSORBS FROM CO2 IN AIR AND WHEN IT SEEPS IN GROUND CARBONIC ACID IS FORMED AND IT REACTS WITH MANY MINERALS
ABRASION WIND BLOWN SEDIMENTS CUT AND POLISH EXPOSED ROCK SURFACES
EARTH'S WATER BALANCE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION= AMOUNT EVAPORATED
DISCHARGE VOLUME OF WATER IN STREAM FLOWING PAST A CERTAIN POINT IN A GIVEN TIME
GRADIENT SLOPE
MEANDERS CURVES IN A RIVER
TRIBUTARY WHEN A STREAM EMPTIES INTO ANOTHER STREAM
BED LOAD STREAM'S LOAD OF SOLID MATERIAL (ROCK) THAT IS TOO HEAVY TO BE CARRIED
DELTA BUILD UP OF SEDIMENT FORMED WHERE A STREAM ENTERS A LAKE OR OCEAN
ALLUVIAL FAN SEDIMENT RUN OFF AT THE BOTTOM OF A MOUNTAIN
V SHAPED VALLEY CREATED OR CARVED OUT BY MOVING WATER
FLOODPLAIN SIDE TO SIDE CUTTING OF A STREAM THAT PRODUCES A FLAT VALLEY
DRAINAGE BASIN LAND AREA THAT CONTRIBUTES WATER TO A STREAM- ROANOKE RIVER DUMPS INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA BASIN
POROSITY SPACES BETWEEN SEDIMENTS
PERMEABLITY THE ABILITY FOR WATER TO PASS THROUGH
ZONE OF SATURATION AREA IN GROUND FILLED WITH WATER
ZONE OF AERATION AREA IN GROUND FILLED WITH AIR
WATER TABLE SEPARATES THE ZOA AND ZOS
SPRING WHERE WATER TABLE MEETS THE SURFACE
GROUNDWATER WATER BELOW THE WATER TABLE
GEYSER SPRING THAT ERUPTS PERIODICALLY
KARST AREAS UNDERLYING WITH CAVES
STALACTITE CALCITE DRIPPING FROM CAVE SEILING
STALAGMITE CALCITE DRIPPINGS DROPPED FROM CEILING TO GROUND IN CAVES
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