LANDFORMS - 1°ESO
Across
- 3. - Elevated areas of land with steep slopes
- 5. - area where the sea has flooded a river valley
- 8. range - group of mountains
- 10. - lower elevation than a mountain
- 11. - type of marine lagoon barrier which is the result of deposited sediment build-up
- 12. shelf - An underwater part of a continent
- 13. - A plain that is over 500m above sea-level
- 15. - river at the mouth of a large river where fresh and salt water mix
- 17. ridges - large underwater mountain ranges
- 18. - flat area of land at the mouth of some rivers made of the sediment that the river deposits
- 19. - area where the sea cuts into the coast
- 20. Plain - A plain found at a very high altitude
Down
- 1. - low-lying flat area of land along the coast covered by sand or pebbles
- 2. slope - a very steep downward slope marking the end of the continental crust and the beginning of the oceanic crust
- 4. valleys - Rivers can flow between mountains and form these kinds of landforms
- 6. - piece of land surrounded by water
- 7. trenches - created by convergent plate boundaries
- 8. lagoon - coastal area of shallow water with a barrier separating it from the sea
- 9. valleys - carved by large glaciers in high mountains or polar regions
- 12. - area of land that extends into the sea
- 13. - Large areas of flat land
- 14. plains - most common landforms on the ocean floor.
- 16. - large, wide areas of flat land between mountains
- 17. - low-lying area of wetland which the sea often floods