Week 3

drainage basin

A system of rivers and streams that drains an area

delta

A fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a

stream

meander

A curve or loop in a channel

landform

A natural structure on Earth’s surface

canyon

A V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream

plateau

A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area

channel

the course or path the water takes in a stream or a river

weathering

The breaking down and wearing away of earth materials caused by water,

wind, or ice

erosion

The movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice

deposition

The process by which materials eroded by water, wind, or ice are

dropped in a new place

sediments

Bits of rock, soil, sand, shells, and the remains of organisms

basin

a low area in which sediments are often deposited

Slide 2: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/bro/MRivDrainageBasin.gif

Slide 3: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Lena_River_Delta_-_Landsat_2000.jpg/300px-Lena_River_Delta_-_Landsat_2000.jpg

Slide 4: http://www.markdixon.ca/images/meander_1_med_rgb.jpg

Slide 5:http://www.abcteach.com/free/l/landform3bwlabeled.jpg

Slide 6: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/tgd/images/deep_canyon_v04.jpg

Slide 7: http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/175/colorado_plateau_t3105.jpg

Slide 8: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Science/Images/Content/okavango-channel-744040-sw.jpg

Slide 9: http://www.barwonbluff.com.au/education/activities/earth%20science/rock%20on/images/06%20differential%20weathering.jpg

Slide 10: http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/images2/erosion1a.jpg

Slide 11: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/html/00771803/images/00771803_fig57a.jpg

Slide 12: http://www.searchmesh.net/images/gmhm3-19_coarse_sediment_sample.jpg

Slide 13:http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/cp_megalandslides/0644-sediment_deposits_on_west_wall_near_tapeats_spring.JPG