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Across
  1. 5. a region of the central Pacific Ocean that lies east of Micronesia and Melanesia and contains the easternmost of the three large groups of Pacific islands, including Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and French Polynesia
  2. 6. the Polynesian language of the Maori
  3. 8. a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.
  4. 9. a vast mountain system in southern Asia that extends for 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Kashmir east to Assam
  5. 13. a coral reef in the western Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Queensland, Australia
  6. 15. a group of islands
  7. 16. a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea
  8. 17. a place where fish are reared for commercial purposes
  9. 18. a person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times
  10. 20. highest plateau in the world
  11. 22. Also called Farther India. a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
  12. 25. is based on the deposits of the Yellow River and is the largest alluvial plain of eastern Asia
  13. 27. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa
  14. 31. an Asian peninsula separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan
  15. 33. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
  16. 34. an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state
  17. 36. a large island in the Malay Archipelago that is comprised of Kalimantan
Down
  1. 1. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain
  2. 2. a floating sheet of ice permanently attached to a landmass
  3. 3. a barren plateau in southern Mongolia and northern China
  4. 4. it is the highest mountain in the world
  5. 6. a region of the western Pacific Ocean, north of Melanesia and north and west of Polynesia. It includes the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall island groups and Kiribati.
  6. 7. jiang Another name for Yangtze
  7. 10. a mountainous peninsula of Antarctica between the Bellingshausen and Weddell seas that extends northward toward Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands.
  8. 11. river 1550 miles (2494 kilometers) N India flowing from the Himalayas SE & E to unite with the Brahmaputra & empty into Bay of Bengal
  9. 12. highest mountain in japan
  10. 14. an island in the western South Pacific Ocean, off the northern coast of Australia, the world's second largest island
  11. 18. is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely
  12. 19. a river flowing from W China into the Gulf of Bohai. 2800 mi. (4510 km) long.
  13. 21. a peninsula in Southeast Asia that separates the Indian Ocean from the South China Sea
  14. 23. a region in the western Pacific Ocean, south of Micronesia and west of Polynesia. Its area includes the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.
  15. 24. river 2600 miles (4184 kilometers) SE Asia flowing from Qinghai (China) S & SE into S. China Sea in S Vietnam
  16. 26. the remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia
  17. 28. is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-subcontinent a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africamoving or standing water
  18. 29. a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral
  19. 30. is a major river in Asia which flows through Pakistan and India
  20. 32. areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimetres (9.8 in) and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10 °C (50 °F).
  21. 35. is a very rich loam of silt or clay that is deposited by the wind