Across
- 1. A map that shows the surface features of earth
- 3. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region including its relief The difference between the highest and lowest elevation in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface
- 5. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
- 10. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
- 13. An automated system for capturing, store,retrieving, analyzing ,manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
- 15. Slope is the steepness or degree of incline of a surface, Slope cannot be computed from lidar points directly
- 18. a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
- 21. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance
- 22. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with large amounts of water
- 24. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
- 25. A network of satellites that orbit earth to mease positions on earth surface
- 26. A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
- 27. An area of the shorlin that is made up of deposited sediment
Down
- 2. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
- 4. The process by which wind,, water,ice,or gravity transport soil and sediment from one location to another
- 6. A mass of material deposited in triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river
- 7. On a map, darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicate a charge in elevation
- 8. line A line that connect point of equal elevation on a map
- 9. The boundary between land and a body of water
- 11. Find-grained sediments of quartz,feldspar hornblende,mica, and clay deposited by the wind
- 12. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
- 14. A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
- 16. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea
- 17. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
- 19. The process in which material is laid down
- 20. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
- 23. The water that is beneath earth's surface