unique landforms and landscapes

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Across
  1. 2. basin A drainage basin or catchment basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges
  2. 6. reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure.
  3. 8. the bed or channel in which a river flows
  4. 9. A river mouth is the part of a river that flows into a lake, reservoir or ocean.
  5. 10. is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores
  6. 13. the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width
  7. 15. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
  8. 16. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  9. 17. an area damaged by scraping or wearing away
Down
  1. 1. a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent).
  2. 2. is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass. Wind, ice, and water.
  3. 3. course a direction or route taken or to be taken
  4. 4. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
  5. 5. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
  6. 7. delta river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water
  7. 11. follow a winding course
  8. 12. The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river,
  9. 13. In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of fluid, most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait.
  10. 14. the action of collecting water, especially the collection of rainfall over a natural drainage area.