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Pearson Chapter 3 vocabulary

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Term
Definition
erosion   show
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gravity   show
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show Small, solid pieces of material that comes from rocks or the remainder of organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion  
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show process in which sediment is laid down in new locations  
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show Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill  
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runoff   show
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rill   show
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gully   show
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show A channel though which water is continuously flowing downhill  
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show A stream or river that flows into a larger river  
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show The flat, wide area of land along a river  
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meander   show
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show A meander cut off from a river  
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delta   show
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show A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range  
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groundwater   show
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show An icicle like structure that hangs from the roof of cavern  
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show A column like form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern  
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karst topography   show
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show Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land  
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ice age   show
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till   show
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continental glaciers   show
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show A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a mountain valley  
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moraine   show
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kettle   show
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show The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land  
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headland   show
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Beach   show
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Longshore drift   show
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show A beach that projects like a finger out into the water.  
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Deflation   show
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Sand dune   show
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Loess   show
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