Erosion+Vocabulary

1.) Landforms: Any shape or feature of the Earth's surface.

2.) Erosion: The movement of Earth material by wind, water, plants or chemical.

The size of the particles carried away depends on the type of material causing erosion Ice: Move big rocks. Wind: move small particles water: medium size

3.) Deposition: the process of Earth materials settling out of the wind, water, or ice.

4.) Sediment: eroded Earth material that has been deposited in another place.

5.) Drainage Basin: a system of rivers and streams that drains a large area.

6.) Channel: the course of path the water takes in a stream.

7.) Basin: a low area in which sediments are deposited.