Rivers
What is a natural ridge formed along the edge of a river's channel?
Levee
As a dune forms, which side usually has a gentle slope that progresses up to the crest?
windward side
Large, funnel shaped depression caused by cavern collapse
sinkhole
What is a glacier carved called filled with sea water?
Fjord
What type of weathering occurs when rainwater soaks into cracks in a rock and freezes?
Ice wedging
What is the material carried by a stream?
Load
Regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant are called what regions?
Particles too heavy to be lifted by the wind are rolled in short bursts through a process called?
Creep
What are large, deep scratches in bedrock produced by glaciers?
Striae
Which type of weathering does not change the chemical composition of the minerals that compose a rock?
Physical
What is the fan-shaped deposit left by a large river when it reaches the ocean?
delta
The eroding action of windblown sand is called?
Abrasion
The process of modifying a smooth slope into a series of level, stair-like steps is ?
Terracing
What is a low hill that is formed when a glacier overruns a moraine?
Drummlin
What is a sudden slide of huge masses of rock or soil down a slope?
Landslide
After physical forces carry away rock fragments, the fragments are laid down in a new location through?
deposition
Suspension, saltation, and creep (how wind transports sediments are what kind of processes?
Eolian
What is the stripping away of a thin area of topsoil from the surface of the land?
sheet erosion
What is a sheet of glacial ice that covers an immense area of flat land?
Continental glacier
The natural processes that break down rocks are collectively called?
Weathering
What is the drainage divide in the Rocky Mountains west of the Mississippi River Drainage basin?
The Great Divide
What type of dune is arch shaped, with the open end of the arch pointing to the windward side?
Parabolic dune
The general term for the downslope movements of rock, soil, ash , snow or ice is?
Mass wasting
What is a huge bowl shaped depression dug out by a valley glacier
cirque
What is the name for a vertical face of rock that forms when the sea removes rock from the base of a high ridge?
Sea cliff