Muriwai Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. An eroded space at the bottom of a cliff created through wave action
  2. 4. The uninterrupted distance over which the wind is affecting the sea surface
  3. 5. The zone between the low tide and high tide level
  4. 7. Zone that includes the foreshore and inshore zones
  5. 9. Where the land meets the sea
  6. 12. The process where the direction of the wave is changed when it moves into shallower water - the wave bends and focuses more energy on the headland
  7. 13. Relating to the wind
Down
  1. 1. The backwards movement of the water under gravity after a wave breaks
  2. 2. Winds that blow from one direction most of the time
  3. 6. Features created by caves being eroded through a headland
  4. 8. The wearing away of the land surface
  5. 10. When rocks rub against eachother, rounding and reducing eachother. Generally wearing down rock fragmants
  6. 11. Sand accumulated on the backshore in the form of ridges and small hills