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Title: 2-3a sedimentary flash cards

Description: Sediment flash cards

Total Flash Cards: 13

Created: 02/03/2010 07:07:51

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This occurs when rivers flow and empty into a valley and it shapes the bottom floor.

 

 
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this means that the environment has inhabited or inherited next to a river or stream.
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this is similar to fluvial environment but it is inhabited near lakes and ponds instead.
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this is a dry arid area where not much life is around. water is very limited and is all full of sand and cacti.
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this is a wet area with trees all around inside pond like water that is dirty and sometimes full of bacteria.
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 this is the outlet of a river than leads out the freshwater from the river into the the ocean and salt water.
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this is where land and the ocean meet each other.
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this is an area similar to a pool just with all clean clear water.
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these are called tidal flats but they are very similar to marshes which are really low water levels across alot of land.
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these are underwater caverns with coral and full of fish.
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continental shelf is the piece of land that is directly under the water that is a higher elevation than the land next to it.
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this is the slope between the two parts of land that have one on a higher elevation than the other.
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this is the deepest and lowest part of the ocean floor where not much life is found there.