Earth’s Constructive and Destructive Forces Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. a deposit of wind-blown sand
  2. 5. a landform made of sediment that's deposited where a river forms a ocean or lake
  3. 6. the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
  4. 8. a meander cut off from a river
  5. 9. the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil
  6. 11. a large mass of moving ice and snow on land
  7. 15. wave washed sediment along a coast
  8. 16. a long ridge formed by deposits of sediments alongside a river channel
  9. 17. the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
  10. 22. the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
  11. 24. a line on the topographic map that connects one line to another
  12. 26. a sudden violent flood that occurs between a few hours or minutes of a storm
Down
  1. 1. any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhiill
  2. 3. wind erosion that removes surface materials
  3. 4. the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces
  4. 7. earth materials deposited by erosion
  5. 10. a rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening in a sandbar
  6. 12. the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  7. 13. a loop like bend in the course of a river
  8. 14. wide valley through which a river flows
  9. 18. process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks than freezes and expands
  10. 19. a wall made of rocks that is built outwards from a beach to reduce erosion
  11. 20. the grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice or wind
  12. 21. the land area that supplies water to a river system
  13. 23. water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in the ground
  14. 25. The movement of sand along a beach