Amanda's Geography Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. A unit of latitude or longitude
- 5. An artificial waterway constructed for use by shipping
- 6. The place where a stream or river enters a sea or lake
- 9. A stream, river or glacier that joins a larger stream, river or glacier
- 10. A part of a body of water near a coast in which ships can anchor safely
- 12. The height of anything above a given planetary reference plane
- 13. Either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
- 17. A point of land that juts out into water
- 18. A sphere on which is depicted a map of earth
Down
- 1. A triangular deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of a river or inlet
- 3. A large body of continuously accumulating ice and compacted snow
- 4. A wide passage of water between an island and a larger body of land
- 7. A narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water
- 8. The point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun
- 11. An area of sea enclosed by a wide inward-curving stretch of coastline
- 14. A narrow strip of land that joins two larger areas of land
- 15. Something used for or representing something else
- 16. Represents proportional size
- 18. A large inlet of an ocean similar to a bay but often longer and more enclosed by land
- 19. Fertile ground in a desert where the level of underground water rises to or near ground level