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Quiz 2
Study Until your eyes fall out
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| run-off | Main cause of erosion on land surfaces |
| rill | A tiny groove in the soil that creates rain water; many will form a gully |
| gully | A large groove in the soil that carries run-off only after a rainfall |
| stream | A channel along which water flows down a slope |
| river | The largest stream of flowing water |
| tributary | A small stream flowing INTO a large stream |
| drainage basin | An area of land form which a river and its tributaries can collect water |
| flood plain | Fertile land near a river that gets new soil after the river floods |
| meander | loop-like bend in river |
| oxbow lake | Forms when a meander is cut off from a river; usually due to flooding |
| alluvial fan | A wide fan-shaped sloping deposit of sediment where a stream leaves a mountain |
| delta | A land where a river flows INTO an ocean or lake |