Forces
This is the process in which sediments settle into new locations from the wind or water carrying them.
Deposition
This type of event is caused by tectonic plates colliding under water.
a tsunami
This landform is surrounded by water on all sides.
An island
This type of glacier covers a very large amount of land (Antarctica).
Continental glacier
This type of process can be open or underground.
mining
This land form is created as rivers flow quickly through steep, mountainous terrain.
a valley
This is the strongest agent of erosion.
Moving water
This process removes silt and sand form the ocean floor and pumps it up to the surface
land reclamation
This is the process in which natural forces scrape away material from the Earth's surface.
Erosion
This landform that is created by deposition when rivers or streams slow down and drop their sediments.
Delta or estuary
This narrow strip of land is surrounded by water on 2 sides.
An isthmus
A negative affect of mining
Habitat destruction/dangerous work conditions
This long, finger like land form, juts out into the water.
A peninsula
This type of valley is formed when a glacier erodes and flows slowly downhill. (letter)
U-shaped
A negative affect of land reclamation
Habitat destruction/increased flooding
The fiction or collision of these cause earthquakes and mountains to form.
Tectonic plates
This term refers to any stream or river that flows into another stream or river.
a tributary
Underground chambers of water.
Aquifer or groundwater
Mining of a mineral that leads to war
Conflict mineral