Coastal Management

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