Erosion and Depostion
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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.