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vocab test for erosion 2
| Word | Difination |
|---|---|
| Glacier | moving river of ice and snow |
| Hanging Valley | small glacial valley above a main valley |
| Till | Rock material deposited by a glacier |
| Erratic | boulder left behind by a glacier |
| Moraine | Ridge of till deposited by a glacier |
| Drumlin | Oval-shaped mound of till |
| kettle Lake | Lake formed by a retreating glacier |
| wave-cut terrace | flat section of rock formed by a erosion by a sea-cliff |
| sea arch | gap formed when waves cut completely through a section of rock |
| Sea Stack | Column formed when a a sea arch collapses |
| Long-shore current | Movement of water parallel to the shoreline |
| Spit | Long, narrow deposit of sand connected at one end of the shoreline |
| Sandbar | long, offshore underwater deposit of sand parallel to the shoreline |
| Deflation | removal of loose material by wind |
| Loess | thick deposits of windblown dust |