This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Physical Geography has 12 clues. Answers range from 4 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The rubble or rocks used to protect coastlines, streambeds, etc. against erosion.
Calm waves that aren’t powerful, where the swash is stronger than the backwash
An open body of water across which winds can blow.
Big, strong, powerful waves, where the backwash is stronger than the swash.
The scraping or wearing away of rocks through friction, this is by ice, water or wind.
When the water uses the process of abrasion and creates an arch that goes all the way through the rock, like a tunnel.
The return water flow of swash. This sheet of water flows back because of gravity.
When weathered rocks are removed from the scene by water, wind or ice.
A thin sheet of water that moves up the beach face after a wave of water breaks on the shore.
A long and narrow bank of land that juts out into an open body of ocean and has gradually been pushed there by the tide.
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals e.g. due to water, ice, acids, salt, temperature change.
The remainder of half of an arch after the roof of the arch collapsed due to lack of supports.