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14 Cards in this Set
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runoff
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water that moves over the land and picks up the soil particles as the result of rainfall
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rills
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tiny grooves in the soil that are the result of runoff
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gullies
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large grooves or channels in the soil that carry runoff after a storm
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stream
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a channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope
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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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the flat, wide area of land along a river
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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 that has been cut off from a river to form a body of water
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landforms created through water erosion
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V-shaped valleys,waterfalls, flood plains, meander, and oxbow lakes
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landforms created by deposition
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alluvial fans, deltas, and flood plains
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alluvial fan
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a wide, sloping deposit formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
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delta
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a landform that is the result of sediment building up when a river flows into an ocean or lake
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stalactite
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a deposit that hangs like an icicle from the roof of a cave
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stalagmite
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a cone-shaped deposit that rises from the floor of a cave
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