Across
- 2. A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore
- 3. A strong channel of water flowing seaward from near the shore, typically through the surf line
- 5. The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean
- 6. The movement of water back down the beach to the sea after a wave breaks
- 7. Lines drawn on a map joining places of equal barometic pressure
- 11. Occurs when weaker layers of rock dissolve in sea water
- 13. The laying down of material carried by rivers, wind, ocean in the backwash
- 16. The tidal mouth of a river where the salt water of the tide meets the fresh water of the river current
- 18. A bare deprsion in a sand dune caused when loose sand is blown form the dune
Down
- 1. The movement of water up the beach after a wave breaks
- 3. The bending of waves caused by contact with the sea floor
- 4. A system formed by the interactions of the living organisms and physical elements of the environment
- 8. A narrow deposit of sand and other material that extends into a body of water
- 9. The degree of a slope of a land surface, stream, etc.
- 10. Formed when sand on a beach is stabalised by vegetation
- 12. A very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically
- 14. A cross-section that also shows the land use if the area
- 15. The wearing away of soil and rock by natural elements such as wind and water6
- 17. The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water
- 18. A pebbly or sandy shore, esp. by the sea between high- and low-water marks
