Bio 1202 Coasts Crossword

Trailing edge, smooth, gradual decrease into water.
Leading edge, sharp cut off, near moving continents.
New coasts, the dominant processes are those that remove coastal material.
Growing, their rate of sediment accumulation increases.
Erosion is usually most rapid (hit by a lot of waves).
Erosion is usually less rapid (hit by fewer waves).
Slope abruptly from land into the ocean.
Marks the submerged limit of rapid marine erosion.
Deep, narrow bays formed from glaciers.
Water from wave washing onto the beach.
The swash coming back to the water.
Accumulation of sediment that runs parallel to shore, this often marks where the deposition of sand occurs.
The highest peak of the berm, usually the farthest from the shoreline.
The farthest part of the beach, this can include grass.
This is the active part of the shore.
The middle between two berms.
The movement of sediment along the coast.
This movement causes sand to move along the shore at an angle.
Forms where the longshore current slows.
Forms when a sand spit closes off a bay by attaching to a headland adjacent to the bay.
A passage to the ocean.
Narrow, exposed sandbars that are parallel to but separated from land.
Body of water partially surrounded by land, where fresh and salt water mixes.