Erosion & Deposition: Wind & Water

Moving water is a major agent of erosion, especially along...

• streams

• rivers

• beaches

• underground

active water channel that erodes land and transports sediment

• ocean
• pond
• lake
• stream

Rivers form on steep mountain slopes and as it flows, it forms variety of features such as:

• waterfalls

• flood plains

• meanders

• oxbow lakes

• deltas

occurs where a river meets an area of rock that erodes slowly

• Stream
• Lake
• Pond
• Waterfall

flat wide area of land along a river that is oven covered when the river overflows during a flood

• delta
• floodplain
• riverbank
• wetland

loop-like bend in the course of a river that becomes more curved over time

• meander

• tributary
• delta
• meander

meander that has been cut off from sediemnts being deposited and damming up the ends

• oxbow lake
• floodplain
• delta lake
• reservoir

sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake and builds up a landform

• delta
• oxbow lake

• waterfall

• flood plain

underground water that can cause erosion through a process of chemical weathering forming caves

• wave

• groundwater

• river

• stream

formed from deposits in dripping groundwater that hang on the roof of a cave

• Stalactites
• Stalagmites