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By Mrs. Shook

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What is a beach?
This landform is a gently sloping shore washed by waves.
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What is precipitation?
Water that returns to the Earth in the form of rain, sleet, hail or snow.
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What is weathering?
Breaking rocks into smaller pieces over a long period of time.
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What is channel?
The path a river or stream takes.
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What is a canyon?
A v-shaped valley eroded by a river.
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What is evaporation?
Water changes from a liquid to a gas.
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What is erosion?
The picking up and carrying away of weathered rocks.
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What is a meander?
A bend or S-shape in a river.
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What is a dune?
A mound or hill of wind blown sand.
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What is condensation?
Water changing from a gas to a liquid.
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What is deposition?
Dropping off of eroded material.
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What is a tributary?
A small feeder stream that starts high in the mountains.
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What is a mountain?
High uplifted area with steep slopes.
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What is run off?
Precipitation that flows across the land’s surface & flows into rivers or streams.
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What is a delta?
As water is deposited at the mouth of a river, this landform is created.
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What is a topographic map?
A hiker would use this map because is used lines to show elevation and the shape of the land.
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What is a plain?
Nearly level area of land that has been eroded or where material has been deposited.
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What is a flood plain?
Too much precipitation can cause areas around a river to become covered with water.
This landform is created.
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What is sediment?
These materials are carried away and deposited by erosion and deposition.
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What are contour lines?
The lines are on a topographic map to show elevation and the shape of the land.
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