Erosion by Water
Across
- 3. a major agent or erosion that has tributaries
- 5. fan area of land that is pretty much like a delta
- 6. place where a river flows into a larger body of water
- 8. an agent of erosion that pounds against shorelines
- 11. curved finger of sand sticking out into the water
- 12. an alluvial fan can form at the base of this landform
- 13. fan-shaped area of land formed by deposition where a river empties into a lake or an ocean
- 14. area where waves deposit sand, pebbles, or shells
Down
- 1. tower of rock remaining after the top of an arch collapses
- 2. the wearing away and moving of weathered rock and soil
- 4. dropping of eroded sediment
- 7. eroded materials that drop out first as a river slows down
- 9. waves change this through erosion and deposition
- 10. offshore underwater deposit of sand