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Landforms/Weathering/Erosin Vocabulary

Terms

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moraine
a ridge of till left behind a retreating glacier
archipelgo
a sea with many islands
elevation
the height above sea level of a point on earth's surface
lagoon
a body of shallow water usally connected to a larger lake or the sea
meander
a loop in a river
isthmus
a peice of land connecting two large pecies of land
erosion
the process by which the product of weathering are moved from one place to another
atoll
a ring shaped coral island and its reef, nearly or completely enclosing a lagoon
drainage basin
the land area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water
contienental divide
the great ridge of the rocky mountains summit seprating west streams from east streams
lake
a sizable inland body of water
delta
a triangular shaped slit deposited at the mouth of the river
cape
a point of land extending into a sea or lake
alluvial fan
a fan shaped deposit of sediments formed at the point where a river leaves the mountains and runs out into the plain
fjord
a long narrow arm of the sea running betweehigh, rock, cliffs
catract
a waterfall of great size
levee
in nature, a ridge-like deposit along the sides of a river
flood plain
a flat area that is found on both sides of a streams or river, formed by sediments deposited during floods
bay
a body of water partly or almost entirely enclosed by land
glacier
a large mass of moving ice and snow

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