1. Depositions are Everywhere!
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2. 1. What is this deposition?

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

4. 2. What is this deposition?

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

6. 3. What is this deposition?

7. 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.

8. 4. What is this deposition?

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

10. 5. What is this deposition?

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

12. 6. What is this deposition?

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

14. 7. What is this deposition?

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

16. 8. What is this deposition?

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

18. 9. What is this deposition?

19. A Drumlin
Is an oval-shaped deposit of glacial till

20. 10. What is this general category of deposition called?

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

22. 11. What is this general category of deposition called?

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

24. 13. What is this deposition?

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

26. **Identify this deposit.A.

27. **Identify this deposit.B.

28. **Identify this deposit.C.

29. **Identify this deposit.

30. **Identify this deposit.

31. The End F. What is this deposition?
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