Stanborough Geography Yr12 Coastal Landforms

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Across
  1. 2. A ridge of sediment extending away from the coastline often with a curved end.
  2. 3. Variations in sea level are strongly linked to _________ change.
  3. 5. The pillar of isolated rock left behind when an arch collapses.
  4. 6. The physical characteristics of rocks.
  5. 8. Mrs Macdonald would love to visit these in Norway!
  6. 10. This section of a beach is most likely to contain sand dunes.
  7. 13. This process occurs when clay particles lose their negative charge and clump together.
  8. 14. A wide, flat valley is known as a ________ trough.
Down
  1. 1. The nearshore section of the beach is characterised by the presence of ridges and __________.
  2. 2. Both sand dunes and saltmarshes show evidence of this process.
  3. 4. The movement of waves up a beach driven by the direction of the prevailing wind.
  4. 7. A depositional feature joining an island to the coastline.
  5. 9. The bending of waves around an obstacle such as a headland.
  6. 11. Wind blown sediment is moved along beaches by ___________.
  7. 12. Erosion at the cliff foot may form a wave cut ______.