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WATER

WATER. RILL—LONG NARROW TRENCH OR VALLEY FORMED DURING SOIL EROSION. STREAM—SMALLER BODY OF WATER FLOWING IN A CHANNEL. RIVER—LARGE BODY OF WATER THAT WILL EVENTUALLY EMPTY INTO THE SEA OR OCEAN AMAZON RIVER.

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WATER

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  1. WATER

  2. RILL—LONG NARROW TRENCH OR VALLEY FORMED DURING SOIL EROSION

  3. STREAM—SMALLER BODY OF WATER FLOWING IN A CHANNEL

  4. RIVER—LARGE BODY OF WATER THAT WILL EVENTUALLY EMPTY INTO THE SEA OR OCEAN AMAZON RIVER

  5. Alluvial fan--A fan-shaped mass of sediment, especially silt, sand, gravel, and boulders, deposited by a river when its flow is suddenly slowed. Alluvial fans typically form where a river pours out from a steep valley through mountains onto a flat plain. Unlike deltas, they are not deposited into a body of standing water.

  6. TRIBUTARY— A RIVER OR STREAM THAT FLOWS INTO ANOTHER STREAM, RIVER OR LAKE (BODY OF WATER)

  7. GULLY—A SMALL VALLEY OR RAVINE CUT BY HEAVY RUNNING WATER

  8. MEANDER—A RIVER THAT FOLLOWS A WINDING PATH

  9. DELTA—triangle shaped large silty area at mouth of river

  10. FLOOD PLAIN--the flat area bordering a river, composed of sediment deposited during flooding

  11. OXBOW LAKE—A STAGNANT LAKE THAT IS FORMED ALONGSIDE A WINDING RIVER

  12. Delta—triangle shaped mouth of river

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