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8th Science U7L3b
Land Features
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a large mass of ice that exists year-round and flows slowly over land. | glacier |
| formed by weathering and erosion as rock is carved out along a shoreline. | sea cave |
| the continued weathering and erosion along the shoreline that wears a hole through to the other side. | sea arch |
| created by one or both sides of a collapsed sea arch. | sea stack, |
| rocky pieces of land that project out into the water as some parts of the shoreline erode faster than others. | headlands |
| a flat shelf of rock formed at the base of a sea cliff as the cliff is eroded back into the mainland. | wave-cut platform |
| a ridge of sand, gravel, or shell material that extends from a shoreline. | spit |
| a spit that connects the mainland with an island. | tombolo |
| the main feature of coastal deposits. | beach |
| a long and narrow landform that forms parallel to the shoreline a short distance offshore. | barrier islands |
| a deep, narrow valley surrounded by tall cliffs. | canyon |
| formed when flowing water deposits sediment in a large fan shaped mass. | alluvial fan |
| formed when cycles of flooding cause layers of sediment to build up. | floodplain |
| where streams enter oceans forming deposits at the river’s mouth. | delta |
| formed as groundwater drips from cave ceilings; icicle-shaped deposits that “hang” from the ceiling of caves. | stalactites |
| formed as water drips onto the floor, building up rock pillars. | stalagmites |
| bowl-shaped hollows carved by glaciers. | cirques |
| a sharp pyramid-shaped peak. | glacial horn |
| a sharp, horizontal ridge that rns along a glacially carved mountain. | arête |
| deposits of rock an sediment left behind as glaciers melt. | glacial tills |
| large piles of glacial tills. | moraines |
| glacial till shaped into elongated hills. | drumlins |
| a small depression formed when pieces of a glacier breaks off and becomes covered with glacial till. | kettle lakes |
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