Chapter 4 Weathering and Erosion (Section 4.1 & 4.2)

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Across
  1. 3. Crecent-shaped body of water formed when a meander is bypassed and cut off from the rest of a river
  2. 7. Calcium carbonate deposited by water droplets
  3. 9. Process that involves the breakdown of large rocks into fragments by physical forces; can be a fast or slow process
  4. 12. Consists of a relatively large stream and any smaller streams that flow into it
  5. 16. Breaking or peeling away of rock in layers
  6. 17. Narrow formations of rock that arch out into in the water from the coast and form from the continued erosion of sea caves
  7. 18. Regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant
Down
  1. 1. Level or nearly level land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time
  2. 2. Limestone formations that have become filled with various passageways and caves
  3. 4. Large streams that carry water from the mountains to the sea
  4. 5. Process that occurs when rainwater or melted ice soaks into tiny cracks in a rock and freezes
  5. 6. Main agent of chemical weathering
  6. 8. Material carried by a stream
  7. 10. Source of a river
  8. 11. Fan-shaped or triangular-shaped deposit extending from the mouth of a river into the sea
  9. 13. Gently sloping coasts covered by sand or pebbles
  10. 14. Water that cannot seep into the ground because of heavy rainfall
  11. 15. Thin hollow stalactite tubes of calcium carbonate