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Across
  1. 5. Wave-washed sediment along a coast
  2. 7. line A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
  3. 12. interval the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  4. 13. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
  5. 15. The steepness of a line on a graph
  6. 16. waves can move sand along beaches or deposit it offshore to build strips of sand called this
  7. 17. the material breaks up and falls down slope
  8. 19. a huge sheet of ice
  9. 21. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
  10. 23. contour Every fifth contour line on a topographic map that is printed bolder for reference.
  11. 24. A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
  12. 25. The movement of sediment
  13. 27. map A map that shows the surface features of an area.
Down
  1. 1. island a long, relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
  2. 2. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  3. 3. fan A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
  4. 4. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
  5. 6. the boundary between land and a body of water
  6. 8. The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
  7. 9. A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt
  8. 10. Global Positioning System
  9. 11. Quickly moving downhill flow of soil and rock fragments containing a large amount of water
  10. 14. the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
  11. 18. a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
  12. 20. movement over water pushed sediment down a hill
  13. 21. drift the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
  14. 22. sensing The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.
  15. 25. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
  16. 26. the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole