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Deposition Weathering – Erosion & Deposition
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Deposition- the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations The end result of erosion
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Alluvial fan- fan shaped deposit of sediment on land, which usually forms when a stream slows down and enters a flat plain
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Delta- sediment from a stream deposited where a river enters a large body of water
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As a glacier melts, it creates landforms by depositing its sediment load Till-unsorted mixture of sediment containing fragments of various sizes Moraine-mounds of sediment at the downhill end of the glacier and along its side
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Terminal Moraine - are found at the terminus or the furthest (end) point reached by a glacier. Lateral Moraine - are found deposited along the sides of the glacier. Medial Moraine - are found at the junction between two glaciers. Ground Moraine - are disorganised piles of rocks of various shapes, sizes and of differing rock types.
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Sand dunes- large deposits of sand dropped from wind
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ZION NATIONAL PARK Cedar City UT
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