erosion & deposition vocabulary
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| show | EROSION
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| show | DEPOSITION
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| show | AGENTS OF EROSION
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| show | WEATHERING, EROSION & DEPOSITION
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| a process of erosion that moves rock & sediment downhill; caused by gravity | show 🗑
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| rock & soil slide quickly down a steep slope | show 🗑
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| rapid downhill flow of a mixture of water, rock & soil | show 🗑
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| a mass of rock & soil suddenly slide down a slope in one large mass | show 🗑
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| show | CREEP
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| the major agent of erosion that has shaped Earth's surface | show 🗑
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| water that moves across the land because it is not absorbed into the soil | show 🗑
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| show | VEGETATION
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| show | DEVELOPMENT
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| the land area from which a river & its tributaries collect water (aka drainage basin) | show 🗑
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| show | RILLS
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| show | GULLIES
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| show | STREAMS
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| large streams | show 🗑
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| formed by steep slopes that erode rapidly due to a fast-moving river | show 🗑
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| formed by a river flowing over an area of hard rock that resists erosion that is supported by layers of soft, easily eroded rock | show 🗑
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| looping bends of a river | show 🗑
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| show | OXBOW LAKE
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| show | DELTA
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| show | ALLUVIAL FAN
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| show | WEATHERING
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| show | GRAVITY
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| the 5 agents of erosion | show 🗑
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| THE major agent of erosion is __, which includes __ & __. | show 🗑
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| landforms/features produced by runoff | show 🗑
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| for deposition to occur, the agent of erosion must __ | show 🗑
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| show | ORGANISMS are NOT agents of erosion
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| show | by ABRASION
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| show | OXBOW LAKE, DELTA, ALLUVIAL FAN
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| show | BARRIER ISLAND
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| show | RIVER SEDIMENT DEPOSITED INTO THE OCEAN
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| show | WIND; LITTLE VEGETATION
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| show | MORAINES
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| show | THE SPEED OF THE WIND & WATER INCREASES
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| landform produced by glacial erosion | show 🗑
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| 3 landforms produced by wave erosion | show 🗑
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| landforms produced by rivers carrying away sediment | show 🗑
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| show | SPEED
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| the process by which glaciers carry sediment, rocks, boulders | show 🗑
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| Georgia's St Simons, Jekyll, & Cumberland are examples of __ | show 🗑
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| show | JETTIES
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| What is a remedy to the runoff produced by certain kinds of development? | show 🗑
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