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Earth's Surface
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| delta | A landform at the mouth of a river made by the sand, silt, soil, and rocks deposited by moving water |
| deposition | The process in which water, wind, or ice build up the earth's surface by dropping sediment in new locations |
| erosion | The process in which gravity, water, ice, and wind move sediment from one place to another on the earth's surface |
| mouth | Where a river meets a lake, valley, or ocean |
| river | A body of flowing water that empties into an ocean, valley, lake, or another river |
| riverbed | The bottom of a river |
| sediment | Materials, such as sand, silt, soil, and rocks, that have been carried along and deposited by water, wind, or ice |
| slope | The inclined surface of a hill or mountain |
| source | Where a river begins |
| freshwater | water found in rivers, lakes, and groundwater |
| groundwater | the water in soil and porous rocks underground |
| spring | a small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth |
| weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
| glacier | a large, slow moving sheet of ice |
| earthquake | a sudden movement of Earth's crust along a fault |
| sinkhole | a natural hole that forms in the Earth's surface as a result of weathering |
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