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erosion/definitionar
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| erosion | the proses in which watter or wind cares particals of rock away |
| sediment | small soil pecces of matter that come from rocks |
| decomposition | the prosses in which sedimeny is moved to a new location |
| gravite | the attract force of between objects |
| mass movement | any several proselytes where sediment moves down hill |
| runoff | water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground |
| rill | tiny grooves in soil made by water |
| gully | a large channel in soil that cares runoff after a rainstorm |
| stream | a channel that which water is constantly runing down hill |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| flood plain | the flat long area of land along a river |
| meander | a loop like bend in the course of a river |
| oxbow lake | a meander cut off of a river |
| delta | a land form made of sediment that is deposited were a river flows into an ocean |
| alluvial fan | a wide sloping deposit of sediment formed were a stream leaves a mountain range |
| ground water | water that fills the cracks and spaces in under ground soil and rock layer |
| stalactite | an icicle-like structure that hangs from a ceiling of a cavern |
| stalagmite | a comedlike from the ground upward from the floor of a cavern |
| karst topoghrphy | a region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creating deep valleys caverns and sinkholes |
| glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
| continental glacier | a glacier that covers most of a continent or large island |
| ice age | time in which history wher glaciers covered large parts of the surface |
| valley glacier | a large narrow glacier that formes when snow and ice build up |
| plucking | the process in which glacier pick up roots of plants as it flows over land |
| till | |
| moraine | |
| kettle |
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