Tombolos+-Glossary


 * Glossary**


 * **Braided Stream** - A network of converging and diverging stream channels in an single stream system that are separated from one another by deposits of gravel and sand (Discovering Physical Geography).
 * **Brink** - The top point of a waterfall where the water falls, also known as the crest (World Waterfall Database).
 * **Caprock** - A overlaying section of rock that is more weather resistant than the rock formations underneath it. Waterfalls dropping over a caprock are commonly classified as a plunge, block, or curtain waterfall formation (World Waterfall Database).
 * **Cascade Waterfall** - A waterfall formation that descends over sloping rocks like a series of stair steps in a quick flow or a rugged sloping surface of some kind. Cascades can be either steep or gradual (World Waterfall Database).
 * **Fault** - A crack in the surface of the Earth's crust that results in the displacement of one lithospheric plate (or rock body) relative to another (Discovering Physical Geography).
 * **Frost Wedging** - The process of expanding and contracting of water cracks of rocks due to freezing and thawing (Discovering Physical Geography).
 * **Metamorphic Rock - The rocks formed when igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks are put under extreme pressure and heat. **
 * ** Plunge Pool - A pool formed at the base of a waterfall by hydraulic erosion (World Waterfall Database). **
 * **Sedimentary Rock** - Rocks that are formed through the deposition and lithification of small pieces or dissolved substances from other rocks, or sometimes marine animals (Discovering Physical Geography).
 * **Tiered Waterfall - A waterfall formation that is characterized by multiple distinct drops in relatively close series to one another (World Waterfall Database). **

Arbogast .Alan. // __Discovering Physical Geography__ //. New York: Wiley, 2007. Print.

 "Glossary |." // World Waterfall Database: World's Tallest Waterfalls //. Web. 10 Dec. 2009. [].

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