Coasts crossword

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Across
  1. 7. this transportation process occurs when smaller pieces of sediment are bounced along the sea floor
  2. 9. these ways remove sediment from the beach by having a strong backwash
  3. 11. this hard coastal management strategy sees large boulders placed at the base of the cliff to absorb wave energy
  4. 12. this hard coastal management strategy sees rocks in cages placed along the coastline, dissipating the wave energy
  5. 13. the movement of sediment along the coastline
  6. 16. this landform occurs when a sandspit extends across a bay, connecting both headlands
  7. 17. the water that rushes up the beach after the wave has broken
  8. 19. this soft coastal management strategy replenishes beaches that have been depleted of sediment by longshore drift
  9. 20. this hard coastal management strategy is built to prevent the process of longshore drift
  10. 21. this transportation process occurs when larger pieces of sediment are rolled along the sea floor
  11. 22. this erosion process is the sheer power of the waves as they crash against the cliff face
Down
  1. 1. this erosion process occurs when pebbles carried by the waves bash into each other, causing them to become smaller, smoother and more rounded
  2. 2. these ways help to build up the beach by having a strong swash
  3. 3. this is the type of coastline where bays and headlands form
  4. 4. this is the water that flows back to sea, after having broken on the beach
  5. 5. this erosion process occurs when weak acids in seawater dissolve certain types of rock e.g. limestone
  6. 6. the dropping of sediment, which occurs when waves lose energy
  7. 8. this erosion process sees pebbles carried by the sea scrape against the cliff face in a sandpapering motion
  8. 10. the wearing away of rock and sediment found along the coastline
  9. 14. this transportation process occurs when fine pieces of sediment are suspended and carried by the waves
  10. 15. this organism binds sand together, helping to build and stabilise sand dunes
  11. 18. this hard coastal management strategy is often recurved at the top, reflecting wave energy back to see