Coastal Landforms
Across
- 5. occurs when waves hurl sand against a ciff
- 7. visible only at lowtide it is an outcrop
- 9. repeated expansion of air in cracks of rocks
- 12. the dissolving of soluble rock in water
- 13. develop along weaknesses in cliff faces
- 15. when the roof of a arch collapses it leaves this behind
- 16. pieces of material hit against each other
- 17. distance of open water over which the wind blows
Down
- 1. when a spit grows away from the shore and becomes attached to an island
- 2. undercutting of the cliff face results in this
- 3. narrow deposit of sand which forms parallel to the coast
- 4. series of waves which approach the coast at 6-8 waves per minute
- 6. zig-zag pattern by which a particle of sand moves along the beach
- 8. water that returns down the beach
- 10. series of waves which approach the coast at 10-14 waves per minute
- 11. as the cave becomes enlarged and joins it forms this feature
- 14. water thrown up the beach
- 15. narrow finger of sand which juts out into the sea