GEOGRAPHY UNIT 5 CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 4. a huge group of Pacific islands that stretches from New Guinea to Fiji
  2. 6. world's 2nd largest island; located Southeast Asia
  3. 7. world's 3rd largest island;located in Southeast Asia
  4. 8. a ring-shaped coral island that surrounds a lagoon
  5. 9. (Yellow River) a major river in China
  6. 12. Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
  7. 13. A mountain system of south-central Asia extending about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. The Himalayas include nine of the world's ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest
  8. 15. the original inhabitants of New Zealand
  9. 17. a destructive and fast-moving wave
  10. 18. the largest group of islands in the Pacific Ocean
  11. 20. an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
  12. 22. a large peninsula in Antarctica
  13. 23. a high-latitude region that recieves little precipitation
  14. 24. a large group of islands
  15. 25. a country in central Europe
  16. 27. right of southeast Mongolia and northern China. It consists mainly of a series of shallow alkaline basins.
  17. 28. vast upland region of central Asia north of the Himalaya Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert
  18. 33. a major river in Southeast Asia
  19. 34. a peninsula on the east coast of Asia
  20. 36. a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
  21. 37. a chain of rocky material found in shallow tropical waters
Down
  1. 1. a ledge of ice that extends over the water
  2. 2. a layer of Earth's atmosphere that protects living things from the harmful effects of the sun's ultraviolet rays
  3. 3. a volcano; Japans highest peak
  4. 5. the original inhabitants of Australia
  5. 10. a plains region northeastern lf China
  6. 11. a large peninsula in Southeast Asia
  7. 14. a large of Pacific islands located east of the Philippines
  8. 16. a huge coral reef off the northeastern coast of Australia
  9. 19. fertile, yellowish soil
  10. 21. a floating mass of ice that has broken off a glacier
  11. 26. a narrow peninsula in Southeast Asia
  12. 29. an area that is under rule of another government
  13. 30. seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air to an area
  14. 31. a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
  15. 32. the dry interior region of Australia
  16. 33. mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
  17. 35. a place where fish and other seafood can be caught