Agents of WED
Across
- 3. Large mass of moving ice and snow that is long and narrow
- 6. Landform made of sediment deposited as a river loses energy when flowing into a lake or an ocean
- 8. Deposits of extremely fine sediment lie silt or clay far from their source
- 11. A meander cut off from a river
- 14. Large mass of moving ice and snow on land large enough to cover much of a continent
- 17. Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill
- 18. Deposit of wind-blown sediment/sand
- 19. Area of land covered in shallow water part of the year
- 20. Process by which wind removes surface materials
Down
- 1. These islands are formed as waves repeatedly deposit sediment parallel to shore
- 2. A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
- 4. A wide valley through which a river flows
- 5. Process of a glacier picking up rocks as it flows over the land
- 7. Movement of water and sediment down a beach, caused by waves coming into shore at an angle
- 9. Beach that projects like a finger out into the water
- 10. area of wave-washed sediment along a coast
- 12. Grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried by water, ice or wind
- 13. The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, sea, and ice
- 15. A smaller stream that fees/flows into a main river
- 16. Continuous flow of water downhill in a channel