6th Grade Geography Terms

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Across
  1. 2. a body of water partially enclosed by land but connected to a larger body of water
  2. 8. a vast body of saltwater covering much of the Earth's surface
  3. 10. one of the seven large landmasses on Earth
  4. 11. lines that measure distances north or south of the Equator
  5. 12. a cold, treeless biome with frozen ground
  6. 14. a deep valley with steep sides, often carved by a river
  7. 15. a dry area with little to no precipitation
  8. 18. a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
  9. 19. a landform at the mouth of a river created by silt deposits
  10. 20. land surrounded by water on three sides
  11. 21. a flat-topped elevated landform
Down
  1. 1. a slow moving mass of ice
  2. 3. a narrow passageway of water connecting two larger bodies of water
  3. 4. A a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland
  4. 5. lines that measure distances east or west of the Prime Meridian
  5. 6. a low area between mountains or hills
  6. 7. a large flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean
  7. 9. a tool used to determine direction
  8. 13. a group or chain of islands
  9. 16. an imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  10. 17. half of the Earth, either north, south, east, or west