vocab

3. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.
4. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
5. information system An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
7. The process in which material is laid down.
12. fan A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
14. A measure of the slant of a line the ratio of rising overrun.
16. interval The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
17. The relationship between the measurements on a model map of the diagram and the actual measurement or distance
18. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.
21. sensing is the process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physical touch with the object.
24. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area, the variations in elevation of the land other events, or objects.
25. drift The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
26. island A long ridge of sand or narrow island the lies parallel to the shore.

1. line A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
2. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan-shaped at the mouth of a river or stream.
4. The boundary between land and a body of water.
5. is the water that is beneath the earth's surface.
6. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
8. -map A map that shows the surface features of the earth.
9. positioning system A network of satellites that orbit the earth to measure positions on the earth's surface.
10. An area along a river that forms from sediment deposited when the river over its banks.
11. fine-grain sediment or quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.
13. contour On a map a darker heavier contour line is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation.
15. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
19. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
20. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.
22. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region including its relief
23. An area of shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.