erosion Flashcards

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erosion

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removal of sediments by wind, water, ice, gravity destructive
also produce landforms

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deposition

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constructive settling of sediments, build landforms

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depend on?

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climate, rock type, weather, topography

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moving water

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major force, streams, rivers, beaches, underground

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stream

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channel of sediments, erode and transport

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river

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larger stream, bring water from high to low places

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waterfall

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river/stream meets an area of rock that erodes and water flows over a vertical drop or series of steep drops

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flood plain

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flat, wide area of land along river, often covered when the river overflows during a flood

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meanders

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loop-like bend in the course of a river, more curved over time

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oxbow lake

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meander been cut off from sediments being deposited, damming up the ends

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delta

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sediment deposited where river flows into an ocean/lake builds up landforms

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wind

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Wind transports small particles, over great distances, even halfway across a continent/entire ocean basin.

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wind erosion

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wind-blown sand scours &polishes rock, carve into shapes.

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wind deposition

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when wind slows down it drops the sediments that was eroded at another location.

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2 types of wind deposition

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dunes, loess

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dunes

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沙丘

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loess

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form steep cliffs, silt and clay

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mass wasting

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downhill movement rocks/soil soaked by rain and pull of gravity

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landslides

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rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, mud boulders

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slump

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sudden movement of large blocks of rock &soil down a slope. All moves together in chunks.

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glacier

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large mass of ice formed on land, moves slowly across surface; form in areas where snowfall greater than snowmelt

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2 processes of glacier

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Plucking occurs when a glacier flows over land, it picks up rocks/boulders dragging them across land, causing abrasions, gouges scratches in bedrock

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another way

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melt and put sediments down