Landforms
Across
- 3. Steep rock face formed by the action of the waves
- 6. basin Area providing water to a river system Estuary River mouth broadening into the sea
- 8. Flat-topped, steep-sided plateau
- 10. Tall pillar of rock formed by wave action eroding a cliff
- 15. Opening in the Earth’s crust where molten rock, ash and gas can escape
- 18. Flat area over which water spreads in times of flood
- 19. Chain of connected mountains
- 20. Dry watercourse in a narrow valley that divides a plateau
- 22. Small river that joins a larger river
- 23. Isolated, steep-sided hill of resistant rock on a plain
- 25. Narrow strip of sand protruding into the sea
- 28. Ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands encircling a shallow lagoon
- 29. dune Wind-blown particle formation
- 31. valley Narrow, steep-sided valley carved out by the upper reaches of a river
- 32. Group or chain of islands
Down
- 1. Area of land surrounded by water
- 2. Deep, narrow, steep-sided valley
- 4. Desert area with a water supply provided by groundwater
- 5. Broad, curved indentation in the coastline
- 7. Narrow, high land jutting out from a coastal cliff into the sea
- 9. Deposited rock particles – such as sand, gravel or pebbles – along the coastline
- 11. Bowl-shaped hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside formed by glacial erosion
- 12. Fan-shaped, low-lying area of deposits at the mouth of a river
- 13. Steep-sided, lone peak rising over 600 metres above the surrounding land
- 14. Long, narrow elevation of land
- 16. lake Crescent shaped lake on a river floodplain River Natural waterway that takes water downhill by gravity to the sea
- 17. Area covered in boulders and large stones
- 21. Large body of water surrounded by land Meander bend in a river
- 23. Narrow strip of land or sand that connects an island to the mainland
- 24. Flat-topped hill
- 26. High point from which water flows into a drainage basin
- 27. Large frozen river of ice that slowly moves down a valley in response to gravity
- 30. River-water spill over resistant rock
- 33. reef Underwater ridge formed by the growth and deposit of coral