Geologic Formations 1
Geologic Formations 2
Geologic Formations 3
Geologic Formations 4
Geologic Formations 5
100
What is occuring here?
Ice wedging
100
What are these?
Sand Dunes
100
What is this piece of land in-between the two water sources?
Water Divide
100
What do you call these curves in rivers?
Oxbows
100
What do you call that isolated water source on the left of this picture?
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Oxbow lake
200
What do you call this formation at the ends of rivers?
River Delta
200
What would you call the small river flowing into the larger river in the picture below?
Tributary
200
What are these rocks?
Erratics
200
What is this geological formation?
River Terrace
200
What do you call the curve in the river at the top of this picture?
Meander
300
What are these rocks at the bottom of hills?
Talus
300
What do you call these entire area of the small river and big river?
Drainage system
300
What are the points labeled A and B?
A is pointbar
B is cutbank
300
What is this buildup on the sides of rivers?
Levee
300
What is this?
Hanging valley
400
What is this slow moving form of mass wasting?
Creep
400
What is this fast moving form of mass wasting?
Slump
400
What are these rich soils?
Loess
400
What is this geological formation?
Alluvial fan
400
What are these hills?
Drumlins
500
What is occurring here?
Exfoliation rocks
500
What would the lake at the bottom of these hills act as?
Drainage Basin
500
What are these geological formations?
Eskers
500
Comep point out where the Arete, Cirque, and Horn on this mountain?
Teacher approval
500
What would B and C be on this picture?
B is lateral moraine
C is terminal moraine