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Across
  1. 3. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.
  2. 6. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
  3. 7. The boundary between land and a body of water.
  4. 8. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
  5. 11. gravity transports sediment from one location to another
  6. 12. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.
  7. 15. fan A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
  8. 16. Fine grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay depositied by the wind.
  9. 17. On a map, a darker heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and indicates a change in elevation.
  10. 18. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
  11. 19. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows it banks.
  12. 23. a large mass of ice that exists year round and moves over land.
  13. 24. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
  14. 25. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including it s relief.
  15. 26. A line that connects points of elevation on a map.
Down
  1. 1. An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
  2. 2. Process in which material is laid down
  3. 4. A network of satellites that orbit the earth to measure positions on Earth’s surface.
  4. 5. The water that is beneath Earth’s surface.
  5. 9. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface.
  6. 10. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
  7. 13. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
  8. 14. A map that shows the surface features of earth.
  9. 18. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance.
  10. 20. A mound of wind deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.
  11. 21. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.
  12. 22. island A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.