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| small, soild pieces of material that come from rock or organisims; earth materials deposited by erosion |
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| the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil |
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| process in which sediment is laid down in new locations |
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| a force that moves rocks and other materials downhill; the force that pulls objects toward each other |
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| any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill |
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| water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground |
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| a tiny groove in soil made by flowing water |
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| a large channel in soil formed by erosion |
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| a channel through which water is continually flowing downhill |
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| a stream or smaller river that feeds into a main river |
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| wide valley through which a river flows |
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| a loop-like bend in the course of a river |
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| a meander cut off from a river |
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| a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountian range |
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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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| water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
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| a large mass of moving ice and snow on land |
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| time in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface |
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| the process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land |
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| a part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean |
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| wave-washed sediment along a coast |
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| a deposit of wind-blown sand |
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| wind erosion that removes surface materials |
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| a wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt |
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