Glossary

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Across
  1. 2. Receiving less than 250 mm or precipitation per year.
  2. 5. A major river of South Asia, that begins in glaciers in the Himalayas.
  3. 7. The average types of weather, including seasonal variations, experienced by a place over a long period of time.
  4. 8. value The value of something because of its beauty; aesthetic value relates to appreciation of something through our senses.
  5. 9. A porous deposit of rock that acts as a filter to store groundwater that is accessible through the drilling of wells.
Down
  1. 1. Something produced or left over in the process of making something.
  2. 2. The result of adding up all numbers in a set then dividing the total by the amount of numbers.
  3. 3. through Pakistan, India, Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. Mt Everest is located in the Himalayas.
  4. 4. An area characterised by sloping topography (landscape) that drains surface water into rivers, streams, lakes or oceans.
  5. 5. Fresh water rivers, lakes, dams and aquifers.
  6. 6. basin An underground basin that stores ground water within porous rock, similar to aquifers.