Across
- 5. a wall that is built out into the sea to help prevent erosion
- 6. a natural feature, formed from a rock, that takes the shape of a bridge-like arc as a result of erosion
- 8. the wearing away of the Earth's surface by water, ice or wind
- 10. the backwards movement of sea water from a beach after the water has hit the shore
- 11. a strong wave that removes material from the coast
- 12. the process which sediments move in a zigzag pattern along the beach by wash and backwash of waves coming near the shore at an angle
- 15. a man-made barrier that sticks out into the sea , and is made to prevent erosion from the beach due to the power of destructive waves and longshore drift
Down
- 1. a gentle wave that deposits material and builds up beaches
- 2. a steep cliff that bulges out into the sea
- 3. the soft layer of rock between the crust and the core of the Earth
- 4. a quick-moving dangerous mixture of hot gas and rock that comes out of a volcano
- 7. a natural geographical feature on the Earth's surface
- 9. a hollow space along the coast which has been produced by the action of waves
- 11. the process of materials being transported and left on the shore of a beach
- 13. a point on a plate boundary where there is tectonic activity
- 14. the hot liquid rock underneath the surface of the Earth