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Erosion
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The process by which water,
ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil
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Deposition
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Process in which sediment
is laid down in new locations
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Mass movement
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Any one of several
processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill
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Gravity
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a force that moves rocks and other materials downhill
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Sediment
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Earth materials deposited
by erosion
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Runoff
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Water that flows over the
ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
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Rill
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a tiny groove in soil made by flowing water
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Gully
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A large channel in soil
formed by erosion
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Stream
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A channel through which
water is continually flowing downhill
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Tributary
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A stream that flows into a
larger stream
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Flood plain
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Wide valley in which a
river flows
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Meander
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a looplike bend in the course of a river
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Oxbow lake
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A meander cut off from a
river
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Alluvial fan
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wide, sloping
deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
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Delta
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a landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river
flows into an ocean or lake
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