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| the removal of soil and rock material by wind or rain |
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| a mix of salt and fresh water |
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| a deposit of sediments, usually triangular in shape, that forms at the mouth of a river when the river speed decreases and sediment settles out of the water |
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| the part of the Earth in which life exists |
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| the envelope of gases surronding the Earth |
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| Earth's land surface and interior |
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| the part of Earth's surface consisting of liquid and frozen water |
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| the network that includes all the waters feeding into the main river or river system and all the water branching out from it |
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| touching along an edge; next to |
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| the main channel of a river |
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| the average level of the surface of Earth's oceans |
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| a river channel that flows away from the river |
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| the land that a river floods when it overflows its banks |
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| an overflowing of water onto a normally dry area |
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| clay, silt, and other materials that are suspended ina river and eventually settle out of the water as the water slows down |
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| the process by which sediments settle out of water |
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| the place where a river flows into another body of water |
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| a river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake |
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| the area drained by a river and all of its tributaries |
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| the area where a river begins |
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| the process by which land compacts and sinks over time |
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| a measurement of the amount of salt dissolved in water |
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| a raised bank of earth that protects nearby land from flooding |
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| made deeper by removign sediment and other material |
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| split into multiple parts |
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| a passage built to safely contain water that overflows the banks and levees of a river |
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| a ridge of sand or an arragement of rocks or other materials placed near the water's surface by humans to simulate a natural reef |
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| freshwater reintroduction |
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| diverting fresh river water along with its nutrients and sediments into a coastal ecosystem where they once flowed |
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| sediment reitroduction project |
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| a project designed to transport enough sediment into wetlands to prevent additional land loss in the system |
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| a person living and working in an area that will be affected by a decision about that area |
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| a method of rebuilding marshes or swamps that usesmovable pipeline systems to transport sediment sediment from a river directly to areas that most need the sediment |
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