By Emily Kaehn

The breaking down of rock and other material.

The process by which sediments are laid

down in a new location.

Mass Wasting

Downhill movement due to gravity.

Sand DuneLoess

A mound of sand deposed by the

wind.

Deposited by wind accumulation of fine

particles.

Amount of sediment carried by a stream.

Streams and other running water flowing

into a main river.

A loop in a river.

A river that has been

developing for thousands

of years.

Fan shaped deposit of

sediments formed at the point where a river leaves the

mountain and runs out onto the plain.

A U-shaped lake caused when deposition and

erosion cuts off meander in a river.

Area on both sides of a river which is formed by

sediments deposited during floods.

The mouth of a large river.

In nature a ridge like deposit along

the sides of a river.

GlacierTillMoraineDrumlinMeltwaterOutwash PlainIce BergKettle Lake

Glacier

A large mass of moving ice and snow.

The rocks and debris deposited

directly by a glacier.

An oval shaped mound of till

A ridge of till left behind by a retreating

glacier.

Formed from the water of

melting ice or snow.

Fan shaped areas in front of terminal moraines formed by sediments deposited by rivers or

glacial meltwater.

A part of a glacier that has broken off and drifted into the

sea.

A round deep lake formed a huge block of

ice left behind by a glacier.