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vocab test for erosion 2
Word | Difination |
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Glacier | moving river of ice and snow |
Hanging Valley | small glacial valley above a main valley |
Till | Rock material deposited by a glacier |
Erratic | boulder left behind by a glacier |
Moraine | Ridge of till deposited by a glacier |
Drumlin | Oval-shaped mound of till |
kettle Lake | Lake formed by a retreating glacier |
wave-cut terrace | flat section of rock formed by a erosion by a sea-cliff |
sea arch | gap formed when waves cut completely through a section of rock |
Sea Stack | Column formed when a a sea arch collapses |
Long-shore current | Movement of water parallel to the shoreline |
Spit | Long, narrow deposit of sand connected at one end of the shoreline |
Sandbar | long, offshore underwater deposit of sand parallel to the shoreline |
Deflation | removal of loose material by wind |
Loess | thick deposits of windblown dust |