PBL Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

3. a Mediterranean sea in Western Asia
6. an eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia the other being Euphrates
8. are designed to show governmental boundaries
9. the longest and most historically important rivers of Western Asia
10. the removal of salts and minerals
12. a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
14. a peninsula of western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate
16. a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs
17. (of a region) having many mountains
19. bordering Israel,the west bank and the Jordan river, it has the most hyper saline and has so much salt that it allows people to easily float

1. a 251 kilometer river in the middle east that flows roughly north to south through the sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
2. focuses on the geography of an area and will often have shaded relief to show mountains, valleys, and rivers
4. a large natural stream of water flowing into a channel, stream, or lake
5. the slow, precise application of of water and nutrients directly to the plant root zone
7. to deliver water to consumer with appropriate quality, quantity, and pressure
11. gas that is not made by human but by the natural Earth
13. (also known as petroleum) and is naturally occurring, yellow to black liquid that found in geological cracks beneath the Earth
15. (especially of a country) surrounded almost or entirely by land
18. a seawater inlet of the Indian ocean, lying between Africa and Asia