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Across
  1. 4. a low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea
  2. 6. the size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including it's religion
  3. 11. a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
  4. 12. on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
  5. 14. a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
  6. 16. area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
  7. 17. a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
  8. 19. a measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run
  9. 20. the difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface
  10. 22. fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
  11. 24. the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
  12. 27. the process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object
  13. 28. the difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
Down
  1. 1. an automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displayed geographic data
  2. 2. the boundary between land a body of water
  3. 3. a map that shows the surface features of the Earth
  4. 5. the process in which material is laid down
  5. 7. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
  6. 8. the process which by wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
  7. 9. a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
  8. 10. are along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
  9. 13. a network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth’s surface
  10. 15. the rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
  11. 18. line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
  12. 21. the relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance
  13. 23. the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
  14. 24. the water that is underneath Earth’s surface
  15. 25. a mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the account of wind
  16. 26. the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water