PeaceAndLoveGirl99

Erosion on the Boston Harbor Islands By: PeaceAndLoveGirl99

==== Once upon a time, there was a huge __glacier__ called Maurice. Among many of the adventures Maurice has had, creating the Boston Harbor i slands was by far the best experience ever!! First what Maurice did, was he created a __drumlin__, by __deposition__ and leaving behind __till__, a bunch of sediment and itty-bitty rocks. Sometimes, Maurice’s friends would just go to sleep, and melt under then hot, hot sun, resulting in a kettle pond. Because Maurice and his friends picked up so much sediment, they eventually had such a big load, they had to let some down, so sometimes they randomly placed boulders all around the Boston Harbor i sland and many other places, these are called __erratic __. Next, by surrounding the drumlin in water, it turned into a __drowned drumlin__. Pieces of land surrounded by water, are called I slands, and the more Maurice and his other glacier friends traveled towards Boston Harbor, the more islands there were!!! Maurice created __moraines__, where when he got hot, and started to melt, some of the sediment he picked up, created a ridge or a group of __till__. Soon, the more Mighty Pablo, Maurice’s friends the water, got upset the more waves and __erosion by waves__ occurred. The more the waves hit land, the more it caused __impact__ on the island. The island soon had scratches on it, also because of the __erosion by waves__, this is called __abrasion__. All those waves, and __deposition__ have created beaches. Along with __abrasion__, __longshore drift__ also occurred, this is when Mighty Pablo, created waves, and picked up a bunch of __till/sediment__ and carried it around to the other side of the Island. All of the sediment and water from the Mighty Pablo, created __beaches__. In some places that Maurice went, he created a __spit__, where a bunch of __till__ creates a hook shaped piece of land, just like Cape Cod. Sadly, the amazing islands that the glacier Maurice created, are being affected by __erosion by wind__, and __erosion by water__. First, Sally, the wind, created __loess __, a bunch of different layers of sediment on the island. Sally, soon slowed down the giant gusts of wind, but the Mighty Pablo, just could not resist himself. Now more than ever, __erosion by water__ affected the precious islands. From all of the rain, it created __runoff__ water, which is when water runs off hills and land. The erosion by water also created __rills__, __rills__ are a small indent, or crease in the land that water flows through, but the more the Mighty Pablo made it rain, the more __rills__ got created. Soon there were so many __rills__, that they joined together to create bigger versions of themselves, they are called __gullies__. ====