Earth's Surface 1
Active water channel that erodes land and transports sediment
Form on steep mountain slopes
River
Underground water that can cause erosion through a process of chemical weathering forms caves
Groundwater
Process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil, or sediment, from one place to another
Erosion
The laying down or settling of eroded material
Deposition
Occur where a river meets an area of rock that erodes slowly
Waterfalls
Flat, wide area of land along a river that is often covered when the river overflows during a flood
Flood Plains
Formed from deposits in dripping groundwater that hang on the roof of a cave
Stalactite
Downhill movement of a large a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity
Mass Wasting
Covers large areas of land and move outward from central location; exist today on Antarctica and Greenland
Continental Glacier
Loop-like bend in the course of a river and becomes more curved over time
Meanders
Meander that has been cut off from sediments being deposited and damming up the ends
Oxbow Lakes
Formed through deposits that build up a cone-shape on the cave floor
Stalagmite
Mixture of sediment that is deposited directly on the surface
Till
Long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley
Valley Glacier
Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake and builds up a landform
Delta
Area of deposited sediment carried in by a wave
Beach
Shapes the coastlines through erosion by breaking down rock and transporting sand and other sediment; erode land by impact of great force and abrasion, or grinding away at shore
Waves
Ridge formed from till deposited at the edge of glaciers
Moraine
When a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks and large boulders dragging them across the land, causing abrasions, or gouges and scratches in the bedrock
Plucking
A bowl-shaped hollow eroded by a glacier
Cirque
A sharp ridge separating two cirques
Arete
A long mound of till that us smoothed in the direction of glacier's flow
Drumlin
Small depression that forms when a chuck of ice is left in till then eventually melts
Kettle
The river receives water and sediment - A smaller river or stream that flows into it
Tributary