Landforms

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Across
  1. 3. Steep rock face formed by the action of the waves
  2. 6. basin Area providing water to a river system Estuary River mouth broadening into the sea
  3. 8. Flat-topped, steep-sided plateau
  4. 10. Tall pillar of rock formed by wave action eroding a cliff
  5. 15. Opening in the Earth’s crust where molten rock, ash and gas can escape
  6. 18. Flat area over which water spreads in times of flood
  7. 19. Chain of connected mountains
  8. 20. Dry watercourse in a narrow valley that divides a plateau
  9. 22. Small river that joins a larger river
  10. 23. Isolated, steep-sided hill of resistant rock on a plain
  11. 25. Narrow strip of sand protruding into the sea
  12. 28. Ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands encircling a shallow lagoon
  13. 29. dune Wind-blown particle formation
  14. 31. valley Narrow, steep-sided valley carved out by the upper reaches of a river
  15. 32. Group or chain of islands
Down
  1. 1. Area of land surrounded by water
  2. 2. Deep, narrow, steep-sided valley
  3. 4. Desert area with a water supply provided by groundwater
  4. 5. Broad, curved indentation in the coastline
  5. 7. Narrow, high land jutting out from a coastal cliff into the sea
  6. 9. Deposited rock particles – such as sand, gravel or pebbles – along the coastline
  7. 11. Bowl-shaped hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside formed by glacial erosion
  8. 12. Fan-shaped, low-lying area of deposits at the mouth of a river
  9. 13. Steep-sided, lone peak rising over 600 metres above the surrounding land
  10. 14. Long, narrow elevation of land
  11. 16. lake Crescent shaped lake on a river floodplain River Natural waterway that takes water downhill by gravity to the sea
  12. 17. Area covered in boulders and large stones
  13. 21. Large body of water surrounded by land Meander bend in a river
  14. 23. Narrow strip of land or sand that connects an island to the mainland
  15. 24. Flat-topped hill
  16. 26. High point from which water flows into a drainage basin
  17. 27. Large frozen river of ice that slowly moves down a valley in response to gravity
  18. 30. River-water spill over resistant rock
  19. 33. reef Underwater ridge formed by the growth and deposit of coral