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Landforms Vocabulary Words Abrasion Agents of Erosion Canyons Chemical Weathering Clear-Cutting Contour Interval A rubbing or wearing away The forces that cause erosion: wind, water, gravity, glaciers, and ice. A V-shaped valley cut by a river or stream The process of how sediment is broken down and changed chemical into smaller pieces Cutting down large areas of trees The distance in elevation between contour lines Contour Lines Lines on a map that show elevation Contour Map A type of map that uses lines to show elevation. Dam A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water Delta A fan-shaped land mass made of soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river Deposition Dune Elevation Erosion Flood Plains The dropping of sediments by water, wind, or melting ice onto a solid surface A landform created by sand piling up The height above sea level The wearing away of soil and rock by water, wind, or ice Land that is covered with water during a flood, formed from sediment deposited by a river Glaciers A large mass of moving ice and snow Gravity The force that pulls all objects towards the center of the Earth Ice Wedging Landform The process by which water seeps into cracks in rocks and then freezes, the expanding ice causes the rocks to split and crack A natural feature of Earth’s surface Map Meander Mechanical Weathering Model Mountains Mouth Plain Plateau River A drawing that shows features of a surface, especially Earth’s surface A curve or loop in a river The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces A 3D representation of something in order to better understand how it works A high landform with steep sides, higher than a hill The ending of a water source A large, flat area of land with few trees A large area of flat land higher than the surrounding land A stream of water that flows across the land and empties into another body of water Sea Level Where the ocean meets the land Sediment Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid, especially materials such as sand and gravel deposited by wind, water, and ice in bodies of water Slope The angle or slant of land or stream channel Source The beginning of a water source Topographical Map A drawing that shows elevation Tributary Valley Weathering A stream flowing into another stream or river An area of low land between hills and mountains The action of the wind, water, temperature changes, and other factors in breaking down rocks into smaller pieces