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Weathering/Erosion 2

weathering/erosion vocabulary set #2

TermDefinition
mass movement any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill
runoff water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
gully a large channel in soil formed by erosion
stream a channel through which water is continually flowing downhill
tributary a stream or smaller river that feeds into a main river
flood plain wide valley through which a river flows
meander a loop-like bend in the course of a river
oxbow lake a meander cut off from a river
alluvial fan wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
delta a landform made of sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
groundwater water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
glacier a large mass of moving ice and snow on land
horn a sharp-edged mountain peak formed by glacier erosion
fiord a long narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs formed by glacial erosion
moraine a ridge formed by the sediments deposited at the edge of a glacier
longshore drift the movement of water and sediment down a beach caused by waves coming in to shore at an angle
sand dune a deposit of wind-blown sand
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