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Down: 1) The process that breaks down rocks through chemical changes2) Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill 4) A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes forming rust5) A ridge formed by the till deposited by a glacier8) A wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range12) A meander cut off from a river13) Wide valley through which a river flows15) Wind erosion that moves surface materials16) A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till17) Characteristic of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through20) A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt Across: 3) The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rocks or soil6) The amount of sediment that a river or stream carries7) A loop-like bend in the course of a river9) A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake10) The process by which a glacier picks up rock as it flows over the land11) Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations14) The chemical and physical process that break down at the earth's surface18) The sediment deposited directly by a glacier19) The movement of water and sediment down a beach caused by waves coming in to a shore at an angle21) The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces
 

 

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