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Landforms
Water formations
Water Cycle
Our Changing Earth
Human Impacts
100
A low area of land surrounded by higher land such as mountains
What is a VALLEY?
100
Areas at the mouth of a river forming a triangular shape due to deposition
What is a DELTA?
100
found in the forms of rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is PRECIPITATION?
100
Structures built across a body of water resulting in a reservoir and often used for hydroelectric power
What is a DAM?
100
Planting trees, shrubs, or bushes reduces
What is EROSION?
200
A large, deep valley with steep sloping sides formed by a river
What is a CANYON?
200
A river that creates an S shape like a snake
What is a MEANDER?
200
changes liquid water in water vapor
What is EVAPORATION?
200
Large amounts of rainfall in a short period of time could cause this.
What is a FLOOD?
200
The process of moving soil to a new location
What is DEPOSITION?
300
High areas of land caused by land being pushed up or a glacier scraping away land
What is MOUNTAINS?
300
The point where a river flows into an ocean
What is the MOUTH?
300
Water moving over the surface of the earth as a result of precipitation
What is RUNOFF?
300
Gravity pulling weathered material down the side of a mountain suddenly results in this
What is a LANDSLIDE?
300
Clearing the land by removing tree from a forest
What is DEFORESTATION?
400
All of the plants in an area
What is VEGETATION?
400
Moving water which erode a landscape and can result in the formation of a canyon
What is a RIVER or STREAM
400
Changing water vapor to liquid drops or solid tiny icicles as seen in clouds
What is CONDENSATION?
400
Topographic maps use these to show changes in elevation
What is CONTOUR LINES?
400
Planting trees to reverse the effects of deforestation
What is REFORESTATION?
500
Areas of land along the banks of a river that flood, resulting in fertile sediment being deposited
What is a FLOOD PLAIN?
500
A small river or stream that flows into another river
What is a TRIBUTARY?
500
Water gathering into lakes, rivers, or ponds
What is ACCUMULATION?
500
The breaking down of rocks due to ice, wind, gravity, or moving water
What is WEATHERING
500
Electricity generated by the movement of water
What is HYDROELECTRIC?