North America

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Across
  1. 3. another name for city
  2. 6. another name for countryside
  3. 7. permanently frozen layer of the Earth's surface
  4. 9. the highest point in North America @ 20,320 feet (Alaska, USA)
  5. 11. natural hot spring that sometimes erupts with water or steam
  6. 15. mountain range in the western part of North America
  7. 16. animals and plants spreading over a large area with a similar climate
  8. 18. rocky plateau with lots of lakes
  9. 20. this river drains all or parts of 31 US states
  10. 21. cold, treeless region in the Arctic and Antarctic
  11. 22. Breadbasket of North America
  12. 25. one of the seven largest land masses on Earth
Down
  1. 1. soil that is good for growing crops
  2. 2. small, low island on a coral reef; also known as a key
  3. 4. the largest wetland system in the US
  4. 5. the third largest continent
  5. 8. land area channeling rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, rivers and eventually bays and oceans
  6. 10. Copper Canyon is located in this country
  7. 12. height above sea level
  8. 13. the number of people living in a specific area
  9. 14. the number of people per square mile is known as Population ____
  10. 17. an area of land that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year
  11. 19. narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
  12. 23. political division in Canada; similar to the USA's states
  13. 24. a deep gorge, typically with a river flowing through it