Investigating Australia's Physical Environment

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Across
  1. 2. The “golden age” when the first ancestors were created.
  2. 6. The action of collecting water, esp. the collection of rainfall over a natural drainage area.
  3. 7. (of rock) That has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  4. 8. Forces pertaining to, causing or resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust
  5. 9. Denoting rock that has undergone transformation by heat or pressure
  6. 11. A low-growing bushy Australian eucalyptus that typically has several slender stems.
  7. 12. A substance that protects the plant
  8. 14. A very large igneous intrusion extending deep in the earth's crust.
  9. 16. Growing from a dormant or adventitious bud
  10. 17. A line on a map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure at a given time or on average over a given period.
  11. 18. oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
Down
  1. 1. half of the terrestrial globe
  2. 3. The angular distance of a place east or west
  3. 4. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  4. 5. The study of the evolution and configuration of landforms
  5. 10. Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes
  6. 13. A plant that needs very little water.
  7. 15. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.