Across
- 3. located on or near or bordering on a coast
- 4. The forward movement of a wave up a beach
- 10. The breakdown of rocks through the action of plants and animals
- 11. process of breaking down a hard layers of rocks over a period of time by wind or water.
- 12. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
- 13. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away
Down
- 1. The backward movement of water down a beach when a wave has broken
- 2. The process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup.
- 5. The backwash is stronger than the swash therefore material is dragged back down the beach and moved along the coast
- 6. a shallow lake that is narrowly connected to a river, another lake, or the sea
- 7. rock that forms when sediments such as muds, sands, or gravels are compressed by overlying sediments
- 8. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface
- 9. hills of sand formed by the wind