Geography Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. elevated landmass which extends into a body of water like a peninsula, however they are typically smaller than peninsulas.
  2. 5. place on the shore designed for ships and seafaring vessels to safely dock.
  3. 7. The area between two mountain ranges.
  4. 8. incredibly large landmass
  5. 10. A large and slow moving mass of ice
  6. 12. isolated landmass smaller than a continent
  7. 16. fertile body of water in a desert
  8. 18. The study of Earth, it’s features, and how humans and our nations are affected by these features.
  9. 19. The percentage of the air which is water vapor.
  10. 20. The ___ Meridian, a specific line of longitude which is arbitrarily used as 0.
  11. 21. The middlemost line of latitude, which is equidistant from both poles.
  12. 22. parallel lines on a globe going east and west
  13. 23. A large circle encircling the Earth and passing through the poles, drawn by two lines of longitude.
  14. 24. strip of land jutting out from a landmass
Down
  1. 1. large and flat area of grassland
  2. 2. triangle shaped landform located near where a river meets the ocean, created by the sediment deposits left by the river upon entering slower water.
  3. 4. long, deep gorge in the Earth typically formed by the erosion of a flowing river.
  4. 6. Someone whose job is to make maps
  5. 9. type of mountain created by a fissure in the crust, which allows lava to flow onto the surface, cool, and build up
  6. 11. lines on a globe going north and south that meet at the poles
  7. 13. large area of land where liquid water is rare or nonexistent.
  8. 14. A ___ zone, an area with it’s own uniform standard time
  9. 15. lines parallel to the equator that go around the earth
  10. 17. narrow passage connecting two bodies of water.