Depositions are Everywhere! © Copyright 2004 - 2005.  M. J. Krech. All rights reserved.

1. What is this deposition?

A Beach is a deposit of sand next to a body of water, such as a river or ocean.

2. What is this deposition?

A Sand Dune Is a mound of sand deposited by wind.

3. What is this deposition?

Loess (pronounced ‘less’) Is a deposit made of fine layers of glacial silt and sand which are deposited in the same area by the action of wind.

4. What is this deposition?

A Glacial Moraine A moraine is a ridge of till deposited at the front or side edge of a glacier.

5. What is this deposition?

A Sandbar Is a long ridge of sand in a river or near a shore

6. What is this deposition?

A Talus Slope Is a cone-shaped deposit at the bottom of a hill or mountain caused by gravity

7. What is this deposition?

A Delta Is a finger-shaped deposit of sediments at the mouth of a river

8. What is this deposition?

A Levee Is a ridge-like deposit of sediments on a floodplain

9. What is this deposition?

A Drumlin Is an oval-shaped deposit of glacial till

10. What is this general category of deposition called?

A Colluvial Deposit Is rock debris directly deposited by the action of gravity

11. What is this general category of deposition called?

An Alluvial Deposit Is rock debris transported and deposited by a river

13. What is this deposition?

A Floodplain Is a flattened deposit on both sides of a river caused by a flood

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