Seawater Formations | Rolling Down the River - Part 2 | Mostly Caves | Rivers and Other Stuff |
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What is a sea arch?
A narrow formation of rock that arches out into the water from the coast.
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What are headwaters?
The source of a river.
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What is a sinkhole?
A large, funnel-shaped depression in the ground caused by a cavern collapse.
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What is a river system?
All the streams that merge and flow toward the sea as a large river.
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What are barrier islands?
Narrow, sandy islands that lie off the coast of the mainland.
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What is a levee?
Natural ridges formed when water flow causes a river to drop some of its sediments along the edges of the rivers channel.
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What is a column?
A joined stalactite and stalagmite.
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What is a drainage basin?
A region of land drained by a stream or river system.
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What is a sea stack?
An isolated column of rock that forms when a sea arch collapses.
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What is a tributary?
One of numerous streams that feed into a river at various points.
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What is dripstone?
Calcium carbonate deposited by water droplets.
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What is a horn?
The sharp, steeple-shaped point of a mountain with three or more cirques.
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What is a breakwater?
A long pile of rocks deposited parallel to the shore, to prevent erosion.
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What is a meander?
A winding, looping curve in a river on flat ground.
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What is a karst?
Regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant.
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What is load?
The sediments carried by a stream.
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What is a fjord?
A glacier-carved valley filled with seawater.
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What is an oxbow lake?
A lake formed when a sharp curve in a river is cut off from the rest of the river.
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What is a stalagmite?
A spire-like mass of dripstone on the floor of a cave.
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What is carbonic acid?
Natural acid found in rain and ground water that promotes chemical weathering of rocks.
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