Across
- 3. the wearing away of soil and rock by natural elements such as wind and water
- 5. a rise in sea level resulting from the effects of intense storm systems
- 6. The movement of water back down the beach to the sea after a wave breaks
- 7. A hollow eroded by the impact of waves at the foot of a cliff
- 9. A system formed by the interactions of the living organisms and physcial elements of environments
- 11. occurs when weaker layers of rock dissolve in sea water or disintegrate becuase of salt crystallisation
- 13. the movement of sand and other matierals along the shore
- 16. the tidal mouth of a river where the salt water of the tide meets the fresh water of the river current
- 17. being fair and just and ensuring an even share
- 18. formed when sand on a beach is stabilised by vegetation
Down
- 1. Lines drawn on a map joining places of equal barometric pressure
- 2. Way of viewing the world
- 4. The movement of water up the beach after a wave breaks
- 6. that can develop behind fore dunes
- 7. seasonal variations in the size, character and direction of waves
- 8. a wearing effect that occurs when waves hurl material such as san or rocks against shore or when waves roll particles back and forth accross the shore
- 10. The laying down of material carried by rivers, wind, ice, ocean current or waves
- 12. Sand dunes closest to the surf
- 14. a cross-section that also shows the land use of the area
- 15. rock wall built at a right angle to the beach to help prevent longshore drift