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Match the words with the definitions.

• canyon

• a large, flat area of land at the mouth of a river formed by the deposition of sediments.

• sand dune

• the high walls along a river and the river itself

• landslide

• a mountain made from hardened lava, rocks, and ash that erupted from underneath the Earth's surface

• delta

• a hill of sand formed by the deposition of sand by the wind

• volcano

• occurs when gravity pulls down some of the land on the slope of a hill

Match the definition to the word

• weathering

• the shaking of the Earth's crust caused by large pieces of rock underneath the Earth's surface moving against each other

• erosion

• the process by which materials that have been eroded are dropped in a new place

• earthquake

• a huge piece of ice that slowly moves across the surface of the Earth and remains frozen during the entire year

• glacier

• the breaking down of rock on the surface of the Earth, usually, by the force of water, wind, or ice

• deposition

• the movement of weathered particles by water, wind, or ice

a hill of sand formed by the deposition of water

the high walls along a river and the river itself

a large, flat area of land at the mouth of a river formed by deposition of sediments

a huge piece of ice that slowly moves across the surface of the Earth and remains frozen during the entire year