Intro to Geography Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Life would be difficult to survive here.
  2. 4. Relationship between the living and nonliving things on Earth.
  3. 5. Top layer of Earth where plants grow.
  4. 7. The height above sea level.
  5. 8. Rough _________ would make traveling very difficult.
  6. 10. The typical weather over 30+ years.
  7. 14. A hurricane that occurs in the Pacific Ocean.
  8. 15. Looks like a mountain with the top cut off.
  9. 16. Not made by humans.
  10. 17. An Indian word for mountains.
  11. 20. Plain This would be a great place to farm because the land is fertile due to the reoccurring flooding.
  12. 21. The material that accumulates in a river and gets deposited on the land when river floods.
  13. 23. Examples include: hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow.
  14. 24. Produces damaging winds and heavy rain.
Down
  1. 2. A major subdivision of a continent.
  2. 3. Soil that is ideal for growing crops is considered__________.
  3. 6. Water that feeds into larger rivers or lakes.
  4. 9. The lowlands between mountains.
  5. 11. Jamaica is an example of this.
  6. 12. A type of island.
  7. 13. Florida is an example of this.
  8. 15. Treeless, wide open spaces.
  9. 17. Large chunk of ice.
  10. 18. A massive wave usually caused by an earthquake.
  11. 19. Where the river ends and dumps into a larger body of water.
  12. 22. This heavy rainfall is essential to those living in South Asia.