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| Gradual movement of sediment from on place to another! |
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| The process responsible for breaking rocks and sediment into smaller pieces |
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| The grinding of one rock against another. |
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| The gradual build up of this erode sediment |
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| Is the bottom of the river |
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| Where a river meets a lake, another river or an ocean |
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| Landform at the mouth of a river made by sand, silt and rocks deposited by moving water. |
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| A Flat area of land stretching out on either side of the river. |
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| The inclined surface of a hill or mountain. |
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| To curve or follow a winding path. |
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| Over flowing of water onto land, this occurs when there is more water than a river can hold. |
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| An area of land that is covered with water, such as a bog, marsh or swamp. The water maybe there all year, or it may disappear during certain seasons. |
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| An area of land drained by a river and the streams and creeks that feed that river. |
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| A deep valley with steep sides shaped by water. |
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An event that causes a sudden and dramatic change to the
earths surface. |
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| A Part of the earths surface that has a unique shape, is easy to recognize and was created by nature. |
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| A building that houses instruments for measuring the water flow in a stream or a river. |
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| A large are of land that includes a wide variety of surfaces features , such as hills, valleys and rivers. |
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| minerals in rock react chemically with air or water causing the minerals in the rock to be weakend snd dissolved, causing the rock to crumble.Chemical weathering changes the composition of the orginal mideral. |
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