Erosion and Deposition Vocab

Front

Where land meets water

Back

shoreline

Front

Area of shoreline made of material deposited by waves.

Back

beach

Front

Water current zigzagging along a beach

Back

longshore current

Front

Skipping and bouncing of sand-sized particles in the wind.

Back

Saltation

Front

Grinding and wearing down of rock surfaces by other rocks or sand particles.

Back

abrasion

Front

Mounds of sand deposited by wind

Back

Dune

Front

A massive moving ice formation

Back

Glacier

Front

Movement of land down a slope

Back

mass movement

Front

Loose rocks falling down a slope

Back

rockfall

Front

Slow downhill movement of rock material

Back

Creep