Terms grouped by sub-topics – Shaping the Surface

by | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

weatheringphysical weatheringfreeze-and-thaw
ice wedgingabrasionchemical weathering
dissolve (in water)react (with acid)erosion
agents of erosionrunning waterice (glaciers)
windwavesgravity
landformwatershedchannel shape
dischargegradientV-shaped valley
meanderstream drainage patternsglaciers
U-shaped valleystillerratic
drumlinsparallel scratches in bedrockgrooves in bedrock
finger lakeskettle lakesmoraine
outwash plainbeachesbarrier islands
sandbarshooks (spits)longshore current
depositiondeltamountains
plainplateauvalleys
ridgesescarpmentssoils
topographic mapscontoursprofile