Geomorphology vocab terms

2. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
3. A mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier
6. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
7. The process in which material is laid down
9. Fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream, when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
11. Collective erm for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water to ice
14. A mound or ridge of sand or other loose sediment formed by the wind.
15. The chemical breakdown and decomposition of rocks by natural processes in the environment.
17. Thick sheets of ice that may spread over large areas, like whole continents
20. The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks
21. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
22. Quality of being porous

1. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
4. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows it’s banks
5. The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that is caused by natural processes and that does not change the chemical composition of rock material
8. The chemical reaction in which a material combines with oxygen to form another material
10. the same thing of another weathering
12. The flow of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
13. A glacier the forms in a mountainous area
16. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
18. The process of which a rock is reduced in size by the scraping action of other rocks driven by water, wind, and gravity.
19. precipitation Rain, sleet, or snow, that contains a high concentration of acids.