Erosion Crossword

2. is the process by which sediment and other materials moved from one place to another.
5. are finger shaped projections that form when cliffs of hard rock erode more slowly than the surrounding softer rock does.
6. is an underwater or exposed ridge of sand, gravel, or shell material.
9. the extremely slow movement of material downslope.
11. is materials carried by a stream.
15. is a long, narrow island, usually made of sand, that forms parrallel to the shoreline a short distance offshore.
17. is the removal of fine sediment by wind.
18. is the amount of water that a stream carries in a given amount of time.
19. is the measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance.
20. is the general term for all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier.
21. is the place where land and a body of water meet.
22. thick depostits of this windblown, finegrained sediment.
23. forms when the tops of sea arches collapse and leave behind isolated columns of rock.
24. is a large mass of moving ice that forms by the compacting of snow by natural forces.
26. is the process by which eroded material is dropped.
27. a rapid movement of a large mass of mud.

1. is the sudden rapid movement of a large movement of a large amount of material downslope.
3. forms when wave action erodes sea caves until a hole cuts through a headland.
4. is an area of shoreline that is made up of material deposited by waves and currents.
6. forms when waves cut large holes into fractured or weak rock along the base of sea cliffs.
7. is the water located within the rocks below earth's surface.
8. forms when waves erode and undercut rock to make steep slopes.
10. is when wind blows sand and other particles against a surface, it can wear down the surface over time.
12. is many layers of sediment can form a flat area
13. is almost flat because the rocks eroded from the cliff often scrape away at the platform.
14. is a fan shaped deposit that forms on dry land.
16. wind carries sediment in much the same way that rivers do.
25. is when loose rocks fall down a steep slope.
26. is stream's often deposit their loads in a fan-shaped pattern.