Form 3 - Geography - Crossword Labs

2. There is a wide lagoon or shallow sea between the reef and the shore.
5. Algae needs this to photosynthesize.
7. Occurs when tributaries follow bands of less resistant rock and join the main river at right angles.
8. Currents are slower and ............. on the inside of the meander.
9. When the riverbed is uneven, pebbles are carried by fast water and can be temporarily trapped, eroding a circular spot.
12. The material a river carries.
15. A reef found in shallow water close to the shore.
16. Water that is collected underground.
17. The process where water released from clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet and hail.
19. When floating particles of mud, silt, sand and clay are transported along the surface of the water.
22. A circular reef with a lagoon inside.
24. Occurs when rivers flow away from a central area of high land.
25. as a waterfall treats upstream it leaves this behind.
27. The process in which water vapour changes from a gas to a liquid.

1. When a river drops off all or part of its load.
3. Corals need sunlight to penetrate the water, so they grow in .......... water.
4. An area of almost flat land on both sides of a river.
6. The necks of a meander become narrower and narrower because of ............... .
10. Where thin alternating bands of hard and soft rock cross the course of a river creating an uneven, turbulent area.
11. When water disproves minerals in rocks.
13. Formed by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river as it enters a sea or lake.
14. Corals thrive in ......... temperatures.
15. Coral reefs will not grow near the mouth of a river because of ...... water.
18. When heavier materials such as gravel and pebbles are pushed and rolled along the channel.
20. In a meander currents are ............... on the outside bank.
21. when a river is divided into two or more channels.
22. What coral feed on.
23. The cloudiness or haziness in the water.
26. The most common drainage pattern.