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Water&Soil
5th Grade Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Barrier Island | over many years these deposits may build into a new land form |
| Beach nourishment | dumping new sand onto eroding beaches to restore them |
| contour plowing | the soil is plowed in curved rows that follow the shape of the land |
| dam | a wall across a river |
| dredging | the deepening and widening of a river or harbor |
| flood | this occurs when water flows or collects over land that is normally dry |
| floodway | a path for flood water to flow over |
| jetty | thin narrow walls built from the shoreline into the ocean |
| levee | an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river |
| resorvior | behind a dam, river water collects into an artificial lake |
| sea wall | a tall wall built along the rear edge of the beach |
| soil | this a natural resource that is made up of minerals and small rocks, water, gasses, and organic matter |
| storm drain | pipes or channels that carry away storm water, typically from streams or parking lots |
| subsoil | below the topsoil are one or more layers of this |
| terrace farming | crops are planted in level sections called this |
| topsoil | this is the surface layer of soil |
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