MANAGING NATURAL HAZARDS

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Across
  1. 8. The rigid outer part of the Earth
  2. 9. Instrument used to measure Earth tremors.
  3. 11. Plate boundary where plates slide past each other. Eg: San Andreas Fault, California.
Down
  1. 1. Human activity that decreases soil infiltration and increases soil erosion.
  2. 2. Process where loose sediments with high water content behave like a liquid during earthquakes.
  3. 3. The point of the Earth´s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  4. 4. of the crust and the upper mantle.
  5. 5. Time difference between peak rainfall and peak discharge.
  6. 6. Mudflows of volcanic material.
  7. 7. Material made up by very hot gases, ashes and volcanic bombs.
  8. 10. A weather event that leads to changes in the pattern of ocean currents of the South Pacific.