How Water Shapes Land

3. A mass of sediment deposited where a river enters a large body of water.
5. When a river forms a new path, cutting off the meander and leaving a curved body of water behind.
10. A fan-shaped deposit of sediment on land.
11. Near a stream’s source, the stream flows fast down steep slopes.
12. The primary force of erosion.
13. Form small channels in the soil.

1. Flow together to form streams.
2. Join together to form gullies.
4. A flat area along a stream that is entirely covered only during times of flood.
6. The process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
7. Play an important role in erosion by carrying and depositing sediment.
8. The primary means of erosion along coastlines.
9. A loop like bend in the river.