Water Erosion

water from rain or melted snow that flows along the earth's surface and into larger bodies of water

• run off

• gully

• rill

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water

• run off

• gully

• rill

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large channel in soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm

• run off

• gully

• rill

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A channel in which water is continuously flowing.

• run off

• gully

• rill

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A stream or river that flows into a larger river

• meander

• oxbow lake

• tributary

• flood plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the flat, wide area of land along a river

• meander

• oxbow lake

• tributary

• flood plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A looplike bend in the course of a river

• meander

• oxbow lake

• tributary

• flood plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A meander that has been cut off from the river

• meander

• oxbow lake

• tributary

• flood plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

• energy

• load

• alluvial fan

• delta

A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range

• energy

• load

• alluvial fan

• delta