Dune/Spit/Beaches
Across
- 1. Moves sand to create dunes
- 3. Type of island that protects the shore
- 5. Wearing away of land by water or wind
- 6. Distance wind travels over open water
- 7. Water that moves up the beach
- 8. Movement of water that shapes the coast
- 13. Wave that builds up the beach
- 17. Where river meets the sea
- 18. Dropping of sediment that builds landforms
- 19. Bouncing movement of sand grains
- 22. Current that moves sediment along the coast
Down
- 2. Hill of sand formed by wind
- 3. Water that flows back down the beach
- 4. Top part of a wave
- 7. Small particles like sand and silt
- 9. Structures to trap sand and stop erosion
- 10. Spit joining an island to the mainland
- 11. Wave that erodes the beach
- 12. Erosion caused by water pressure
- 14. Curved dip in a beach formed by waves
- 15. Regular rise and fall of the sea
- 16. Narrow landform formed by longshore drift
- 20. Erosion by rocks scraping the shore
- 21. Sandy or pebbly shore beside the sea