Across
- 5. a type of wave that break downs the beach with erosion from strong backwash
- 6. a type of hard engineering that is a wire cage filled with stones that absorbs wave energy
- 8. is formed when a spit joins the mainland to a island
- 10. occurs where beds, or layers, of differing rock types are folded into ridges that run parallel to the coast
- 11. a type of hard engineering that is a concrete wall and prevents erosion and flooding
- 15. coastlines that have alternating of soft and hard rock
- 17. the distance wind travels
Down
- 1. a type of wave that build up the beach with deposition from strong swash
- 2. when a spit grows across the bay joining two headlands
- 3. return movement of water back to the sea
- 4. a type of coral reef that is found near shorelines
- 7. a extended stretch of land that extends out to sea from the shore
- 9. formed parallel to the coast and is open at both ends
- 12. the main process of transportation along the coasts by waves
- 13. a stretch of beach in front of a lagoon
- 14. movement of water up the beach
- 16. a type of coral reef that is found around submerged volcanoes and oceanic islands
