Vocab words

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