Coasts Geography revision

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