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Landforms, Landscapes, and Rivers
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| landform (defined) | part of the earth with a unique shape, created by nature |
| landscape | large area of land/scenery that can be seen from one place |
| Things that change the surface of the earth | rain, ice, wind, humans, animals, cataclysmic events |
| kinds of landforms | mountain, valley, canyon, river, stream, plateau |
| erosion | the wearing away of rock and soil |
| delta | landform at the mouth of a river that results from deposition of sand, silt, soil and rocks by moving water |
| factors affecting erosion | amount of water, speed of water, type of sediment |
| riverbed | the bottom of a river |
| floodplain | a flat area of land stretching out on either side of a river |
| mouth of the river | where a river meets a lake, valley, or ocean |
| source of the river | place where the river begins |
| riverbank | the sides of a river |
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