Natural Hazards
Across
- 4. an instrument used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
- 5. the increase of water in a river or stream where the bank of a river is broken and water overflows into dry land
- 8. sudden movement of the earths crust
- 10. a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake
Down
- 1. the sudden downward movement of rock, soil and organic materials under the influence of gravity
- 2. the area which a river floods depositing silt
- 3. the pointon the earth's centre directly above the focus of an earthquake
- 6. a prolonged period below average rainfall
- 7. aerially burning fuel that blows ahead of a fire front
- 9. small fragments of ignited vegetation