| A | B |
|---|
| VENTIFACT | stone w. 1 or more facets smoothed by the wind |
| DEFLATION | removal of loose particles by the wind |
| LOESS | unstratified deposits of yellow; silt-sized particles |
| FETCH | distance over open water which the wind can blow |
| WAVELENGTH | distance between adjacent wave crests |
| PERIOD | time for one wave to pass a point |
| TSUNAMI | wave created by an undersea earthquake |
| BARRIER BEACH | offshore sandbar, above sea level, and parallel to the shore |
| LAGOON | area of water protected from the wind by sandbars or coral |
| SPIT | sandbar attached to headlands at one end |
| HOOK | spit w/ a curved end |
| BEACH | area between low & high tide |
| FRINGING REEF | coral that grows along the shore |
| ATOLL | circular island enclosing a lagoon |
| BARRIER REEF | coral which grows great distances oceanward from the shore |
| BLOWOUT | hollow created by the wind's removal of loose particles |
| BARCHAN | a crest shaped dune w/ ends pointing downwind |
| WINDWARD SLOP | gently sloping side of sand dune |
| LEEWARD SLOPE | steepest side of sand dune |
