Erosion Vocabulary

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• uniformitarianism
• erosion
• deposition
• sediment

The material moved by erosion.

• sediment
• landslide
• delta
• material

Occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment.

• weathering
• deposition
• deflation
• erosion

Any one of several processes that move sediment downhill.

• erosion
• abrasion
• plucking
• mass movement

Rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope: the most destructive kind of mass movement

• landslide
• mudflow
• slump
• creep

The rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.

• landslide
• mudflow
• slump
• creep

A mass of rock and soil that has suddenly slipped down a slope.

• landslide
• mudflow
• slump
• creep

The very slow downhill movement of rock and soil.

• landslide
• mudflow
• slump
• creep

Water that moves over Earth's surface.

• runoff
• delta
• meander
• river

An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast.

• delta
• beach
• barrier beach
• meander