Chapter 3 - Erosion and Deposition

4. A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, and sinkholes.
7. A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
9. The flat, wide area of land along a river.
10. A large channel in soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.
13. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
15. Earth materials deposited by erosion.
16. A meander cut off from a river.
17. The force that moves objects downhill.
18. The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.

1. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
2. Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.
3. A column-like form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern.
5. A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
6. An icicle-like structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cavern.
8. The sediments deposited directly by a glacier
11. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.
12. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.
14. A loop-like bend in the course of a river.
19. A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill.