Coastal Geography Gateway 1

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Across
  1. 2. A wide coastal indentation often found between headlands
  2. 3. The distance the wind has travelled over seas and oceans to form waves
  3. 6. A spit that connects an offshore island
  4. 7. A long, narrow ridge of sand or pebbles
  5. 8. The process by which sediments scrape coastal rocks and erodes the coast when hurled against the coast
  6. 9. A bridge of rock above an opening
  7. 12. Interaction of plant and animal communities with each other and the environment
  8. 14. A zone of sediment deposition
  9. 16. Water that moves back to the sea from the beach
  10. 19. Develops when energy from wind blowing is transferred to the water surface
Down
  1. 1. An area hollowed by wave action at the base of a cliff
  2. 4. Lowest part of a wave
  3. 5. Process which sediment carried by waves rub or hit against one another and break into small pieces
  4. 8. Continuous movements of water in the seas and oceans
  5. 10. Arrangement and composition of rocks found in an area
  6. 11. A pillar of rock in the sea left after an arch collapses
  7. 13. The daily alternate rise and fall in the sea level
  8. 15. A steep and near-vertical rock face found along coasts
  9. 17. The area where the land meets the sea
  10. 18. Water that moves up the beach