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What is a low hill formed when a glacier overruns a moraine
drumlin
As a dune forms, which side usually has a gentle slope the progresses up to the crest
windward side
What is a glacier carved valley that has filled with seawater called
fjord
After rocks has been broken into fragments, processes like wind and running water carry away the fragments by the process of
erosion
The source of a river
headwaters
What is a natural ridge formed along the edge of a river's channel
levee
What feature consists of a relatively large stream and any smaller streams that flow into it
drainage system
Regions of the earths surface where limestone is exposed and abundant are called
karst regions
The sharp steeples shaped point of a mountain with three of more cirques is a
horn
The feature formed when a sharp curve in a river is cut of from the rest of the river
oxbow lake
What is the material carried by a stream
load
What process occurs when oxygen from the atmosphere reacts with minerals like calcium, magnesium, and iron to form new compounds
oxidation
A narrow sandy island formed by a large bar off the coast of a mainland is called a
barrier island
A long pile of rocks deposited along parallel to the shore to prevent erosion is
breakwater
The region of land drained by a stream or drainage system
Drainage basin
What type of weathering involves the breaking and peeling away of rock into layers
exfoliation
What type of narrow curved rock formation forms when a sea cave is continually erodes
sea arch
Ice sheets smaller than continental glaciers are called
ice caps
abrasion
Large funnel-shaped depression caused by cavern collapse
sinkhole
What are the piles of debris left behind when a glacier melts
moraines
What are large deep grooves and scratches in rock produced by glaciers
striae
Suspension, saturations and creep in which wind transports sediments are what process
eolian
A large stream that carries water from the mountains to the sea
river
One of the numerous streams that feed into a river at various points in the
tributary