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