Middle East- Geography and Climate

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Across
  1. 6. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
  2. 7. a method of farming in semiarid areas without the aid of irrigation, using drought-resistant crops and conserving moisture
  3. 8. a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from whichalluvial soil forms
  4. 10. a fertile spot in a desert where water is found
Down
  1. 1. illegally hunting or catching (game or fish) on land that is not one's own, or in contravention of official protection
  2. 2. to allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity)
  3. 3. an industrial installation where a substance is refined
  4. 4. a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock
  5. 5. the removal of salt or other chemicals from something, such as seawater or soil
  6. 8. a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
  7. 9. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor