Across
- 2. a bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland.
- 5. the accumulation of sand found along the shore of a lake or ocean
- 7. a barrier built out into a body of water to protect a coast from the force of waves.
- 11. a wall made to prevent the sea from eroding an area of land.
- 12. the process by which the portion of a wave in shallow water slows, causing the wave to bend and tend to align itself with the underwater contours
- 13. a structure that is built at a right angle to trap sand that is moving parallel to the shore
- 15. an addition of large quantities of sand to the beach system
Down
- 1. the erosion caused by the wave impact and pressure
- 3. a near-shore current that flows parallel to the shore
- 4. a relatively flat, bench like surface called a
- 6. a natural opening eroded out of a cliff face
- 8. a deposition bar or beach land form off coasts or lake shores
- 9. a low, elongated ridge of sand that parallels the coast
- 10. a depositional feature as a result of longshore drift.
- 14. a collapsed sea arch