Geography Definitions

3. Is a term for the landforms found in an area
6. what type of hazard is created by the collision or movement of tectonic plates that shifts water?
8. a type of environment that consists of things that occur naturally
11. the name of the waves as they move up the beach
15. the process by which eroded material is carried by wind or water to create new landforms
16. the most common hazard that occurs at transform plate boundaries
20. The process of wearing or being worn down by long exposure to the atmosphere
21. the breakdown and removal of sediment through physical or chemical processes
22. an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a plain.
23. the persistent breakdown of fertile land or dry land ecosystems so that they become desert-like
25. what type of tectonic movement creates mountain ranges?
27. a wall or embankment erected to prevent the sea encroaching on or eroding an area of land.

1. a low wall or sturdy barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.
2. the largest hot desert on the earth
4. a fertile spot in a desert, where water is found
5. the process that is occurring to sediment during longshore drift
7. what happens when two plates collide and the larger plate is pushed upwards and the thinner plate is forced into the mantle?
9. the largest cold desert on the earth
10. an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, as found in arid and semi-arid areas
12. how many continents are there?
13. what is the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it
14. what does the L in BOLTS stand for?
17. the name of the tectonic plate that Australia sites in the middle of
18. a type of environment that consists of things changed or created by humans
19. The study of landforms and the processes that have formed them over time
24. the zone of volcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
26. divergent boundaries are places where two tectonic plates move ? from each other?