Coastal Geography Gateway 1

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Across
  1. 1. A steep and near-vertical rock face found along coasts
  2. 4. Continuous movements of water in the seas and oceans
  3. 6. A bridge of rock above an opening
  4. 9. Process which sediment carried by waves rub or hit against one another and break into small pieces
  5. 12. A wide coastal indentation often found between headlands
  6. 13. The daily alternate rise and fall in the sea level
  7. 16. Develops when energy from wind blowing is transferred to the water surface
  8. 17. Arrangement and composition of rocks found in an area
Down
  1. 1. The area where the land meets the sea
  2. 2. The distance the wind has travelled over seas and oceans to form waves
  3. 3. A zone of sediment deposition
  4. 4. The process by which sediments scrape coastal rocks and erodes the coast when hurled against the coast
  5. 5. A pillar of rock in the sea left after an arch collapses
  6. 7. Interaction of plant and animal communities with each other and the environment
  7. 8. Water that moves back to the sea from the beach
  8. 10. A spit that connects an offshore island
  9. 11. An area hollowed by wave action at the base of a cliff
  10. 13. Lowest part of a wave
  11. 14. A long, narrow ridge of sand or pebbles
  12. 15. Water that moves up the beach