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earth's Surface
Question | Answer |
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delta | a landform at the mouth of a river made by the sand silt and 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 |
sinkhole | a natural hole that forms in the Earth's surface as a result of weathering |
earthquake | a sudden movement of Earth's crust along the fualt |
glacier | a large slow moving sheet of ice |
weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
spring | a small stream of water naturally from the earth |
groundwater | the water in soil and porous rocks undergound |
freshwater | water found in rivers lakes and groundwater |
source | where a river begins |
slop | the inclined surface of a hill or mountin |
sedmient | materials such as sand silt and soil and rocks that have been carried along and deposited by water wind or ice |
riverbed | the bottom of a river |
river | A body of following water that empties in to an ocean valley lake or another river |
mouth | where a river meets a lake valley or ocean |
erosion | the process in which gravity water ice and wind move sediment from one place to another on the earth's surface |