Water and Erosion Vocab Lesson 3

A channel along which water flows down a slope.

• Runoff

• Stream

• Tributary

• Flood plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The flat, wide area of land along a river.

• Runoff

• Stream

• Tributary

• Flood plain

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

• Runoff

• Stream

• Tributary

• Flood plain

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into another body of water

• Flood plain

• Alluvial Fan

• Delta

• Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Flood plain

• Alluvial Fan

• Delta

• Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

• Runoff

• Stream

• Tributary

• Flood plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Flood plain

• Alluvial Fan

• Delta

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4