Shaping the Land Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A deep, narrow valley with steep sides which was created by the processes of weathering and erosion of rocks
  2. 4. Processes that break down earth material
  3. 6. The elevation change between contour lines
  4. 7. An accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier
  5. 8. A line on a topographic map that indicate elevation
  6. 10. Plains that have been formed by the deposition of sediments that occurs when rivers flood
  7. 11. The movement of sediment from one location to another, typically by water, wind, or ice.
  8. 13. Small particles of broken down rock by weathering
Down
  1. 1. Processes that build up earth material
  2. 3. The process which breaks down rocks in to smaller pieces (sediment)
  3. 5. When sediments settle or dropped at a different location after they come out of wind or water as they slow down
  4. 9. A collection of landforms in an area
  5. 12. A landform that forms form deposition of sediments at the mouth of a river (looks triangular)