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| flooding during enough of the growing season to develop |
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| a person who studies ecosystems |
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| the network that includes all the waters feeding into the main river, and all the water branching out from it |
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| touching an edge (as in the 48 contiguous states) |
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| a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
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| a river or stream that flows away from the main river |
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| the average level of the Earth’s oceans |
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| the average level of the Earth’s oceans |
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| the area where a river begins |
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| the place where a river flows into another body of water (Ends) |
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| the area drained by a river and all its tributaries |
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| clay, silt, fine sand, and other materials that are carried by a river and eventually settle as the water slows down |
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| the process by which sediments settle |
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| the land that a river floods when it overflows its banks |
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| the process in which land compacts and sinks over time |
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| a deposit of sediments, usually in a triangular shape, that forms at the mouth of a river |
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| an overflowing of water into a normally dry area |
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| the part of the Earth’s surface consisting of liquid and frozen water |
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| Earth’s land surface and interior |
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| the part of Earth in which life exists |
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nonliving; example:
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living or pertaining to life; example:
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organisms that can make their own food; example:
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| organisms that are unable to make their own food; they must eat other organisms for energy; example: __________________ |
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| a mixture of bacteria and broken-down plant or animal remains |
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| the process by which salt water moves inland, invading freshwater environments |
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