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