Climate and Vegetation Vocabulary
Across
- 1. largest desert in the world
- 5. unpopulated inland region in Australia
- 6. most famous desert in southwest Asia also known as the empty quarter
- 7. permanently frozen land
- 9. current of warm water from the tropics, which flows near Europe's West coast
- 12. when winds evaporate the moisture and chemical salts remain
- 14. effect of land from distance of the sea
- 15. seasonal winds
- 17. largest forest in the world
- 19. tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific
Down
- 1. grassland in northern Tanzania
- 2. swampland in Florida that covers 4,000 square miles
- 3. winds that blow from west to east in the middle of latitudes
- 4. uppermost layer of branches in which most animals live
- 8. cold, dry wind from the north that goes through the Mediterranean coast of France
- 10. huge storages of underground water
- 11. is a hot, stead south wind that blows from North Africa cross the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe
- 13. Desert located in western China between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains
- 14. violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain
- 16. surface water in a small location in the dessert
- 18. Desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia