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Weathering, Erosion and Deposition
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Vocabulary Lists and Review
Tsunami Before/After Satellite
Videos - Link to another teacher's site with 4 videos taken by home video camera
Before and After Movie - Link to another teacher's site with before and after satellite photos
Great Lakes Information Scroll to the bottom of this page to find an animation on how the Great Lakes were formed
alluvial fan - a sloping fan-shaped deposit of sediment located where a mountain stream meets the level land
base level - the level of the body of water into which a stream flows
bed load - larger particles rolling and bouncing along the bottom of a stream
capacity - a measure of the total amount of sediment a stream can carry
channel - the path that a stream follows
competence - a measure of the maximum size of the particles a stream can carry
deflation - the removal of loose rock material particles by the wind
delta - a triangular shaped deposit that forms when a river flows into a larger, quiet body of water such as a lake or ocean
desert pavement - a surface of pebbles and boulders left behind after sand and silt have been blown away
divide - the higher land that separates one drainage basin from another
drainage basin - the area of land drained by a river system
floodplain - a wide, level area that borders a river and is covered by its water during a flood
gradient - the slope of an area of land or of a stream
load - the eroded rock and soil materials that are transported downstream by a river
mass movement (mass wasting) - the downhill movement of sediments by gravity
meander - bends in a stream's channel, usually broad and looping
natural levee - an elevated ridge along a river's bank that is formed by the deposition of the river's sediment load
oxbow lake - a crescent-shaped body of water formed when sediments deposited by a river cut off a meander from the river
river system - the main river and all of its tributaries
sand dunes - wind formed mounds or hills of sand
sediment - pieces of weathered rock
solution - minerals dissolved in the water and carried with the stream flow
suspension - small particles of sediment carried within the stream and kept from sinking by the velocity of the stream
tributary - a smaller stream that flows into a larger one
watershed - all the land drained by a river system
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