LAND
WATER
SOIL
RIVERS
OTHER
100
A deep valley with very steep sides
What is a Canyon
100
Overflow of a body of water beyond it's banks
What is a Flood
100
When water or a glacier lays down soil
What is deposition
100
A curve in a stream cause by eroding and depositing of soil
What is a meander
100
Drawing of Earth from above
What is an aerial drawing
200
The land surrounding rivers that fills with water when a river overflows
What is a floodplain?
200
A wall built across water to control the flow
What is a dam?
200
The top layer of the Earth's crust
What is soil
200
A U-shaped lake next to a meandering river
What is an oxbow lake?
200
Water, wind, glaciers and gravity move soil and rock
What is erosion?
300
a view of land of natural scenery
What is landscape?
300
Bow shaped or triangle shaped, mud and sand deposited at the mouth of a river
What is a Delta?
300
A hill
What is a slope?
300
Lakes behind dams that store water
What is a resevoir?
300
a huge mass of ice that moves very slowly over land
What is a Glacier?
400
A natural bank built up along the river to prevent it from flooding
What is a levee?
400
Water becomes water vapor
What is evaporation?
400
Soil particles that eroded and then were deposited
What is sediment?
400
A valley formed by flowing water
What is a river valley?
400
Electricity made from moving water
What is hydroelectricity?
500
Hills made of sand shaped by the wind
What is a sand dune?
500
Water that seeps underground
What is groundwater?
500
Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
What is weathering
500
Smaller streams that flow into larger ones
What is a tributary
500
Brings water to dry land by ditches and pipes
What is irrigation?
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