Vocab terms

3. remote sensing The steepness or the degree of incline of a surface.
6. countour On a map, a heavier, darker contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation.
8. drift The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
9. positioning system A network of satellites that orbit earth to measure positions on earths surface.
12. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.
14. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance.
16. The boundary between land and a body of water.
17. The flow of a mass of mud and rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
19. interval The difference in one elevation between one contour line and the next.
20. The water that is beneath the earthś surface.
22. The difference of highest and lowest elevations in a given area.
23. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
24. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
26. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.

1. A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.
2. map A map that shows the surface features of earth.
4. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
5. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.
7. fan A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
8. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.
10. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
11. Fine-grained sediments quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.
13. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.
15. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief.
18. The process in which material is laid down.
19. line A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
21. information system An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
25. island A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.