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Earth Science - Erosion & Deposition #2

Topics 9 and 10

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glacierlarge mass of moving ice and snow
loadsoil particles and rock materials carried by a stream
drainage systemnetwork of rill, gullies, streams, and rivers in an area
tributarylarger stream that flows into a main river
drainage basinarea drained by a main river and its channels
immature riverriver in early stage of development
mature riverriver that has been developing for many thousands years
oxbow lakeformed when a loop formed by the curving and winding of a river is cut off from the rest of the river
meandersloops formed by the curving and winding of a river
alluvial fanforms when a river leaves the mountains and runs out onto a plain, dropping much of its sediment
deltalarge amounts of sediments deposited at the mouth of a large river
flood plainsflat area that form on both sides of a mature river or stream
leveea ridgelike deposit formed from larger particles deposited on the sides of a river
tillrocks and debris deposited directly by a glacier
moraineridge formed when a glacier melts and retreats
drumlinoval-shaped mound of dirt
meltwater streamstreams formed by melting ice when a valley glacier stops advancing
outwash plainareas formed from sediments deposited by rivers of melting ice from a glacier
icebergpart of a glacier that breaks off and drifts out to sea
kettle lakelake formed from a hole in the ground caused by a block of glacial ice


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