Erosion & Deposition

body of water that forms when a meander is cut off from the rest of the river

• glacial lake

• river lake

• oxbow lake

• wall lake

triangular landform created where a river empties into a body of still water and deposits its sediments

• floodplain

• delta

• triplain

• levee

transport of large particles such as gravel and stones by rolling or dragging along the bottom of the water

• traction

• suspension

• saltation

• spit

raised strip of sediments deposited along the bank of a river when it overflows its channel

• flood plain

• barrier island

• alluvial fan

• levee

landform created where a mountain stream suddenly flows onto flatter land and deposits its sediments

• alluvial fan

• delta

• meander

• oxbow lake

long, narrow island that forms parallel to shore when a sandbar builds up enough to rise above the water’s surface

• gilligans island

• fantasy island

• barrier island

• oxbow island

underground hole or cavern eroded by groundwater

• sinkhole

• trivalley

• saltation

• cave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

artificial barrier built in the water parallel to shore that reduces beach erosion by incoming waves

• barrier island

• breakwater

• wave break

• waterbreak

process by which eroded sediments are dropped somewhere else by an agent of erosion

• deposition

• suspension

• input

• dropped

transport of very small particles such as clay that are carried by the main stream flow but are not dissolved by the water

• saltation

• mini erosion

• alluvial fan

• suspension

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4