Water Erosion
Across
- 5. the process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another.
- 7. Streams often deposit their loads in fan-shaped patterns. Over time sediment builds up into a ________
- 8. fan/ a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
- 10. when waves erode and undercut rock to make steep slopes.
- 11. a low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
- 12. the process by which eroded material is dropped.
- 13. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
Down
- 1. tiny grains of broken-down rock
- 2. the water that is beneath Earth’s surface.
- 3. the boundary between land and a body of water.
- 4. the measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance.
- 6. island/ a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.
- 9. many layers of deposited sediment can form a flat area