| Water | Types | Vocabulary | Maps/Models | Random |
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100What is Flood?
A very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel
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100What is Canyon?
V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream
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100What is Erosion?
Happens when water wears away the earth
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100What is Cartographer?
Person who creates maps
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100What is Meander?
A curve or loop in a channel
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200What is Basin?
A low area in which sediments are often deposited
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200What is Delta?
Fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth's materials at a mouth of a stream
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200What is Deposition?
When sediment is took from one place and put in another place
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200What is Map?
Drawing of an area, usually as though you were looking straight down on it
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200What is Water (Top), Clay (Middle), and Sand (Bottom)?
The three separated layers found in the vial test
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300What is Drainage Basin?
A system of rivers and streams that drains an area like the Colorado Plateau
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300What is Plateau?
A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area
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300What is Channel?
The path that the water takes
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300What is Grid?
A network of vertical and horizontal lines that form squares
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300What is Slope?
The angle of a stream channel or land surface
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400What is Flash Flood?
Rises and falls rapidly with little or no advance warning, usually as a result of very heavy rainfall over a relatively small area. Can be caused by sudden heavy rainfall, dam failure, or the thaw of an ice jam
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400What is Alluvial Fan?
A fan-shaped landform deposited at the end of a steep canyon where the land becomes flatter
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400What is Levee?
Embankment along a stream that protects land from flooding-can be natural or constructed.
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400What is Symbol?
A color, shape, or texture used to represent something else on a map; such as a building, road, or landform
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400What is Floodplain?
The area around a river that is covered by water flowing over the riverbank during a flood
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500What is Oxbow River?
Where the water use to meander, but found another (shorter) channel to take since the obstacle has been worn away
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500What is Valley?
A low area between higher areas through which a river or stream often flows
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500What is Dam?
A construction or wall across a river that holds back the water flowing through the river, creating a reservoir or lake
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500What is Key?
An explanation of symbols used on a map
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500What is Scale?
Describes the ratio between a measured distance on a map to the actual distance in the real world
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