Coastal features and processes
Across
- 3. The backwards movement of water under the pull of gravity.
- 7. Rocks or sediment carried in the sea knock into one another breaking into smaller pieces.
- 10. Process where a wave bends to fit through a gap or wrap around an obstruction.
- 12. Area between the high and low tide mark.
- 14. Offshore mounds of sediment submerged at high tide.
- 17. narrow strip of land where the sea meets the land
- 18. narrow coastline formation created by deposition. Attached to the mainland at one end.
- 19. A ridge of rock or coral that sits just above or below the surface.
- 21. Waves smashing into cliffs forcing air into cracks in rocks.
- 22. Area of sand or small stones beside a sea or lake
- 23. A wave eroded hole through a headland
- 26. Movement of material along a coast due to angle approach of wave.
- 27. Term used to describe the dominant wind direction.
- 28. A cut out at the base of a cliff caused by erosion.
- 29. Distance over an ocean which the wind can blow and generate waves.
Down
- 1. A narrow elevated piece of land projecting into sea. Surrounded by water on most sides
- 2. A wide gently sloping surface found at the base of a cliff
- 4. Type of wave that builds up the beach profile making the gradient flatter.
- 5. Process of a liquid passing through a filter. For example water seeping into the sand.
- 6. Process where a wave changes direction due to shallowing sea bed.
- 8. A sandy or gravel bar that connects the mainland with another island
- 9. Process of sediment being laid down.
- 11. Small bits of loose rock grind along a rock platform like sandpaper.
- 13. steep vertical column of rock created when an arch collapses
- 15. body of water partially enclosed by land but has a wide opening
- 16. The rush of seawater up a beach after a breaking wave
- 20. Wearing away of the lands surface.
- 24. An area of rock that has vertical or near vertical sides
- 25. Type of wave that removes material off the beach creating a steeper gradient.
- 30. A small sheltered bay with a narrow entrance