Across
- 2. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement
- 5. interval The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
- 8. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea
- 12. information system
- 14. positioning system A network of satellites that orbit earth to measure positions on earth's surface
- 16. The water that is beneath Earth's surface
- 19. drift The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
- 20. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
- 21. The mass of material deposited in a triangular of fan shapes at the mouth of a river of stream.
- 24. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
- 25. a map, a darker, haier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
- 27. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
- 28. The boundary between land and a body of water
- 30. line A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
Down
- 1. sensing The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object
- 3. fan A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
- 4. Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
- 6. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area: the variations in elevation of land surface
- 7. island A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
- 9. The process in which material is laid down.
- 10. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
- 11. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
- 13. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
- 15. A mound of wind- deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
- 17. automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data
- 18. A measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run
- 22. map A map that shows the surface features of earth
- 23. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.
- 26. contour
- 29. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief
- 30. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material