Desert Key Terminology

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Across
  1. 4. The type of transportation where very fine material under 0.15mm is picked up
  2. 6. Chemical weathering process whereby minerals dissolve in water
  3. 8. The mechanical weathering process whereby a rock peels its surface under heat
  4. 9. The Andes Mountain range creates this effect
  5. 12. The process in which land surface lowers
Down
  1. 1. The process of sand blasting rock surfaces
  2. 2. Desert located across the colorado river into Arizona, United States
  3. 3. Circular movement where hot air rises then cools and falls
  4. 4. The process of transportation whereby wind rolls heavier particles
  5. 5. Process of transportation where wind speed picks up particles 0.15-0.25mm in size, produces sandstorm
  6. 7. Desert located in south america covering 1,000km of the pacific coast, west to the Andes mountain range
  7. 10. Geographical term for dry
  8. 11. Desert of red sandy plain and dunes located in South Australia and central Australia.
  9. 13. the angular distance north of south from the equator
  10. 14. Desert located in Namibia and parts of south Angola. It takes up 31,200 square miles and has been a desert for about 55 million years