eroison vocab Flashcards
(27 cards)
erosion
the slow destructuion of minerals
weathering
a faster erosion
water cycle
how the earth filters its water
evaporation
when water changes and enters the atmosphere
percipitation
rain
percolation
when water passes through a filter
run off
water running down a surface
tributary
when a river filters into another
watershed
an area that separates water
continental divide
it is a drainage divide in a contenent
deposition
giving evidence
delta
a variable or function
alluvial fan
a fan-shaped mass of alluvium deposited as the flow of a river lowers
flood plain
a place that water runs down to prevent flooding
water table
the level below earth were all of the water is
sewage treatment plants
a place were dirty water is filtered and recycled
septic tank
object underground that holds all of the waste
sea stacks
a columne of rock standing in the sea
sea arches
a natural opening eroded out of a cliff
sea caves
a cave underwater
wave cut terrences
wave cut benches in a narrow flat area
headlands
a narrow piece o land going to the sea
beach
a border along a body of water
glacier
a large mass of ice
