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| the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice |
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| the lowest level to which running water can erode the land. |
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| the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream. |
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| To take power from one spot to the other. |
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| a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta. |
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| to relieve of a charge or load |
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drainage basin or watershed [image] |
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| | the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc. |
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| a sudden and destructive rush of water down a narrow gully or over a sloping surface, caused by heavy rainfall. |
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| a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding |
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| a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains |
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| The backwards erosion of material at the source (start) of a river or stream. Broken rock and soil at the source are carried away by the river, causing the source of the river to move backwards as erosion takes place in the opposite direction to the river's flow |
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| An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing |
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| proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley. |
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| a U-shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke. |
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| a hole formed in pavement, as by excessive use or by extremes of weather. |
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| the act of solving a problem, question, etc |
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| a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed |
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| | the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved. |
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| a transverse gap in a mountain ridge, cut by and giving passage to a stream or river. |
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