Coastal Erosion

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Across
  1. 2. the line where the land meets the sea
  2. 3. an extended area of rock surface
  3. 4. the time of low water
  4. 5. an abnormal rise in sea level caused by a cyclone or storm
  5. 7. a malleable rock surface
  6. 8. a wave breaking on the shore
  7. 11. a minute portion
  8. 13. an angular indentation in an object
  9. 14. a wave that wears away or erodes the coast
  10. 18. a strong current below a body of water
  11. 19. the directional change of a wave
  12. 20. the top or peak of a wave
  13. 22. an indentation of a shoreline
  14. 25. a thing, person or group that protects
  15. 27. a force agaist an object or liquid
  16. 29. an amount of force or ______
  17. 30. a large body of water
  18. 31. an unusually large wave caused by an earthquake
  19. 33. the time of high water
  20. 34. a soft, white, powdery limestone
  21. 35. the foamy top of a wave
  22. 36. the part of the shore of an ocean
  23. 38. small grains of ____ cover a majority of a beach
Down
  1. 1. a sand bar connecting an island to the mainland or another island
  2. 3. a type of rock that is resistant to being destroyed or eroded
  3. 6. the wearing away of a rock formation
  4. 9. a rock formation with a resemblance to a bridge
  5. 10. a protected natural area
  6. 12. a sand hill or ridge
  7. 14. a wave that deposits material on a beach
  8. 15. the power produced by a wave
  9. 16. a hollow in a rock formation
  10. 17. a free standing rock formation
  11. 21. the outline of a coast
  12. 23. a rock consisting of calcium carbonate
  13. 24. a raised body of water
  14. 26. surrounded by land on both sides
  15. 28. to rise in waves (as the sea)
  16. 32. dolphins are an example of a ______ animal
  17. 37. a high, steep face of rock