Water Erosion

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Across
  1. 5. the process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another.
  2. 7. Streams often deposit their loads in fan-shaped patterns. Over time sediment builds up into a ________
  3. 8. fan/ a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
  4. 10. when waves erode and undercut rock to make steep slopes.
  5. 11. a low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
  6. 12. the process by which eroded material is dropped.
  7. 13. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
Down
  1. 1. tiny grains of broken-down rock
  2. 2. the water that is beneath Earth’s surface.
  3. 3. the boundary between land and a body of water.
  4. 4. the measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance.
  5. 6. island/ a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.
  6. 9. many layers of deposited sediment can form a flat area