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Across
  1. 3. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
  2. 4. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
  3. 9. The water that is beneath earth’s surface
  4. 10. A fan - shaped mass of rock material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
  5. 13. A map that shows the surface features of earth
  6. 16. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface
  7. 18. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
  8. 19. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
  9. 21. On a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line
  10. 23. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
  11. 24. the process in which material is laid down
  12. 25. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
Down
  1. 1. A large mass of ice that exists year round and moves over land
  2. 2. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
  3. 5. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope of cliff
  4. 6. A network of satellites that orbit earth to measure positions on earth’s surface
  5. 7. A system, for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
  6. 8. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
  7. 11. The boundary between land and a body of water
  8. 12. Fine grained sediments of quarts, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
  9. 14. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
  10. 15. an area along a river that forms from sediments deposits when the river overflows its banks
  11. 17. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram ad the actual measurement or distance
  12. 19. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
  13. 20. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea
  14. 22. The size and shape of land surface features of a region, including its relief
  15. 24. A mound of wind - deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind