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Across
  1. 2. - a star that provides heat and light to Earth
  2. 4. STREAM - a warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off eastern North America
  3. 5. MARINO - the smallest country founded by a saint
  4. 6. ISLANDS – a group of islands in the Pacific, in free association with New Zealand, named after a famous captain
  5. 8. - a mountain in S Asia on the border between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world
  6. 10. OCEAN – the ocean between Europe and America
  7. 12. - a mountain system of south-central Asia
  8. 15. - an inland sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa
Down
  1. 1. - name of a bird and country
  2. 3. - a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
  3. 7. - the largest island
  4. 9. OCEAN - the largest ocean
  5. 11. - the second smallest sovereign state in the world
  6. 13. - a sea-level canal in NE Egypt
  7. 14. SEA - a salt lake, about 420 m below sea level, at the mouth of the Jordan River. It is one of the saltiest bodies of water known and is the lowest point on the surface of the earth.