Across
- 2. The change of wave direction as the approach the coast
- 4. Build up of sand by wind
- 8. That section of the beach which extends back from the high tide level as far as cliffs or sand dunes
- 9. A build up of sediment beyond the shore line
- 10. Wind blowing towards the water
- 13. The wearing away and removal of sediment
- 15. The transportation of sand by wind
- 18. Movement of material along the shoreline due to swash and backwash
- 20. A wave type where the wave breaks on the beach with a weak swash and stronger back wash, erodes the beach
- 23. Valley of the wave
- 24. A horizontal or gently inclined area between the foreshore and backshore
- 25. Accumulation of sand attached to the mainland following the direction of Longshore drift
- 27. Where river water and sea water mix
Down
- 1. The lower zone of a beach between low tide and high tide
- 3. A wave type which breaks on a beach with a powerful swash and weaker backwash, builds up the beach
- 5. Solid particles and grains of rock material that have been transported and then deposited or eroded
- 6. Short steep waves with limited swash, occur in stormy conditions
- 7. The movement of water down the beach under gravitational force, after the breaking of a wave.
- 11. A wave that has more swOffshorers in calm conditions
- 12. Wind blowing towards the shore
- 14. Distance from crest to crest
- 16. Top of the wave
- 17. Distance from trough to crest
- 19. The distance travelled by wind over water
- 20. The accumulation of material
- 21. The movement of water up the slope of a beach after the breaking of a wave
- 22. A crescent shaped accumulation of sand or shingle
- 26. An area of coastal water protected from wave action by a sandbar or sandspit