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CHAPTER 11 The Flow of Fresh Water. CHAP 11, SEC 2 (STREAM AND RIVER DEPOSITS) Objectives: 1.Describe how a stream or river erodes and deposits sediment.

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1 CHAPTER 11 The Flow of Fresh Water

2 CHAP 11, SEC 2 (STREAM AND RIVER DEPOSITS) Objectives: 1.Describe how a stream or river erodes and deposits sediment simultaneously (at the same time). 2.Describe the two major deposits that occur on land and in water.

3 Tech Terms: 1.delta – a fan shaped depositional feature, formed when a load filled stream/river slows, as it enters a larger body of water.

4 2.alluvial fan – a fan shaped depositional feature, formed when a fast moving mountain stream flows onto a flat plain.

5 3.flood plain – the area along a river that contains rich, fertile soil due to periodic overflow from a stream/river.

6  Rivers brainpop Rivers brainpop  Why do rivers curve?  One Little Disturbance One Little Disturbance


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