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River system vocab

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Flood plain   A broad, flat valley through which a river flows.  
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Oxbow lake   The crescent shaped cutoff body of water that remains after a river carves a new channel.  
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Erosion   The process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the ground surface and carried away.  
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Tributary   A smaller stream or river that feeds into a main river.  
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Meander   A looping curve formed in a river as it winds through its flood plain.  
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Headwaters   The many small streams that come together at the source of a river.  
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Mouth   The point where a river flows into another body of water.  
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