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| The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil. |
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| Small, solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are moved by water or wind, resulting in erosion and deposition. |
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| The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposited in a new location. |
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| Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill. |
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| Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground. |
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| A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water. |
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| A large channel in soil formed by erosion. |
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| A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill. |
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| A stream that flows into a larger stream. |
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| The land area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water. |
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| A ridge of land that separates one drainage basin or watershed from another. |
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| A broad, flat valley through which a river flows. |
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| A looping curve formed in a river as it winds through its flood plain. |
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| The crescent-shaped, cutoff body of water that remains after a river carves a new channel. |
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| A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range. |
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| A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake. |
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| Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers. |
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| A calcite deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave. |
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| A cone-shaped calcite deposit that builds up from the floor of a cave. |
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| A type of landscape in rainy regions where there is limestone near the surface, characterized by caverns, sinkholes, and valleys. |
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| The ability to do work or cause change. |
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| Energy that is stored and available to be used later. |
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| The form of energy an object has because of its motion. |
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| The force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface. |
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| A type of movement of water in which, rather than moving downstream, the water moves every which way. |
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| The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind. |
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| A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land. |
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| A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island. |
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| Cold time periods in Earth's history, during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface. |
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| The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land. |
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| The sediments deposited directly by a glacier. |
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| A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier. |
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| A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till. |
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| Wave-washed sediment along a coast. |
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| The movement of water and sediment along a beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle. |
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| A beach formed by longshore drift that projects like a finger out into the water. |
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| A deposit of wind-blown sand. |
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| Wind erosion that removes surface materials. |
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| A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt. |
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