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Across
  1. 1. an automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data
  2. 3. an area along a river that forms sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
  3. 5. a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
  4. 6. the size and shape of land surface of a region, including its relief
  5. 8. the process of gathering and analzing information about an object without physically being i touch with the object
  6. 10. the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
  7. 13. a measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run
  8. 14. the rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
  9. 16. on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
  10. 19. the boundary between land and a body of water
  11. 20. the process which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment to one location to another
  12. 21. fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
  13. 22. the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
  14. 23. a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
  15. 25. the relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurements or distance
  16. 26. a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
  17. 27. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
Down
  1. 2. a network of satellites that orbit earth to measure positions on earth's surface
  2. 4. a line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
  3. 7. a mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
  4. 9. the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
  5. 10. the difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
  6. 11. the process in which material is laid down
  7. 12. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
  8. 15. the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
  9. 17. a map that shows the surface features of earth
  10. 18. the difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface
  11. 22. the water that is beneath Earth's surface
  12. 24. a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land