Chapter 6 Erosion and Deposition

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Across
  1. 5. the rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders
  2. 6. a current that flows parallel to the shoreline
  3. 9. a large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across Earth’s surface
  4. 11. the grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them
  5. 13. the laying down or settling of eroded material
  6. 14. a pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall
Down
  1. 1. layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flow from a melting glacier
  2. 2. the removal of weathered material from one location to another
  3. 3. a broad, C-shaped curve in a stream
  4. 4. the downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity
  5. 7. a mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier
  6. 8. a pile of windblown sand
  7. 10. a crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay
  8. 12. a mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier
  9. 13. a large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water