Geography quiz
Across
- 2. the length of water over which the wind has blown therefore affecting size and strenght of the waves
- 3. when water rushes up a beach
- 5. something that allows liquids or gases ro pass through
- 7. one type of rock on a coastline(hard or soft)
- 8. where a river meets the sea
- 10. a river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake
- 13. waves that erode beaches
- 14. the amount of moisture already in the ground before a rainstorm
- 16. the pool that forms behind a bar
Down
- 1. someone with a vested interest or concern in something
- 4. building man-made structures to deal with natural hazards
- 6. all deposits left by by rivers,particularly during floods
- 9. digging out drainage ditches and rivers to make them artificially deeper
- 11. the most frequent direction the wind blows in a certain area
- 12. the flow of water back to the sea after waves break on a beach
- 15. chemicals dissolved in water, invisible