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| A winding section of river or stream. |
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Area located along the banks of a river or
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| The settling of sand, rocks or other material carried by water, wind or ice. |
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The channel through which a stream
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| A small river or stream that flows into a larger one. |
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| The natural features of an area of land, such as trees and hills. |
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| A bow-shaped lake formed in an old channel as a river changes its path over a long time. |
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| Stones, sand, and soil carried by water,wind, or glaciers. |
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| A swamp or marsh formed by backwater of a larger waterway, full of soft, muddy ground. |
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A liquid with solid particles
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| The land area that drains water into a particular body of water, such as a stream, river, lake, or ocean. |
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| Electricity produced by water power, typically when running water is used to turn a generator. |
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| A structure that runs perpendicular to the shoreline, built by humans to influence currents and protect harbors and coastal areas. |
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| A flat area along a river that floods when water flows outside of a river's bank. |
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| The springs or small streams that supply water where a river first starts. |
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| A stream that provides water to land through pipes, artificial channels, or other methods. |
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| The periodic seasonal pattern of flooding in a river system. |
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| The overflow of water onto dry land. |
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| Land with nutrient-rich soils that produce abundant plant growth. |
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| The lower end of a river as it empties into a bay or the ocean and mixes with salt water. |
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| The moving of rock and soil from place to place by wind, water, or ice. |
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| The depositing or settling of rock or soil from one place in another. |
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| A large, usually triangle-shaped area at the mouth of a river that gradually builds up as the river deposits sediments. |
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(noun) an improvement or advantage
(verb) to do good or give aid |
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| A bed of a stream, a river or another river waterway. |
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| A body of water set off from a larger body of water. |
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| A structure designed to prevent access or to separate things. |
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| An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds usable amounts of ground water. |
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A structure used to move water from
one place to another. |
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