Scientific words

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Across
  1. 3. Information System an automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data
  2. 4. island a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
  3. 6. Positioning System a network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth's surface
  4. 8. map a map that shows the surface features of Earth
  5. 9. drift the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
  6. 10. contour on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
  7. 13. the rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
  8. 15. a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
  9. 17. interval the difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
  10. 18. the relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual mesurement
  11. 19. the boundary between land and a body of water
  12. 20. the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
  13. 23. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
  14. 24. the water that is beneath Earth's surface
  15. 28. the process in which material is laid down
Down
  1. 1. the size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief
  2. 2. the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
  3. 5. the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area
  4. 7. the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
  5. 11. fan a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
  6. 12. a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
  7. 14. fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
  8. 16. an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
  9. 21. line A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation on a map
  10. 22. the process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from on location to another
  11. 25. sensing the process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object
  12. 26. a mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
  13. 27. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment