Vocab Words

6. positioning system
8. information system An automated system for capturing storing retrieving analyzing manipulating and displaying geographic data.
11. Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.
12. An area along a river that forms from sediments that are deposited when the river overflows its banks.
13. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.
15. The difference between the highest and the lowest elevations in a given area the variations in elevations of a land surface.
16. Interval The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
18. Map A map that shows the surface features of Earth.
19. The rapid mass movement frock down a steep slope or cliff.
20. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies Parallel to the shore.
22. the process in which materials is laid out.
27. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.

1. The boundary between land and a body of water.
2. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
3. Line A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
4. The water that is beneath Earthś surface.
5. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map or diagram and the actual measurement or distance.
6. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
7. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
9. Fan A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
10. The process by which wind,water ice,or gravity transports soil and sediment from one place to another.
14. The size and shape of the land surface features of a religion including itś relief
17. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.
21. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
23. Remote Sensing The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physical being in touch with the object.
24. Contour Ona map a darker heavier contour line that is usually every 5th line and that indicates a change in elevation.
25. A mound of wind deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.
26. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.