Physical Features Review
Across
- 2. triangular shaped area, located at the mouth of a river, where sediment accumulates
- 4. deep sea inlet carved by glaciers
- 5. the origination or beginning of a river
- 7. carving flat plots of land from hillsides to use for farming
- 11. body of water mostly surrounded by land, typically salt water
- 13. degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting
- 16. steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau
- 18. soil carried and deposited by streams and rivers
- 19. artificial waterway constructed for transportation, irrigation, or to control flooding
- 22. seasonal winds, located in south and southeast Asia
- 23. land surrounded by water on three sides
- 25. a large area of flat, dry grassland, typically found in semi-arid climate
- 27. flat expanse of elevated land, typically bordered by escarpments
- 28. body of water, typically found along the coast of a body of water, deep enough for large ships
Down
- 1. body of water partially enclosed by land
- 2. when soil and sediment is added to a land mass, typically through erosion
- 3. removal or destruction of forests
- 6. descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size
- 8. group of islands; typically from a volcanic source
- 9. a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea
- 10. large mass of ice or ice sheets
- 12. small stream that flows into a larger stream or river
- 14. narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water
- 15. natural boundary between two land forms, marked by a change in elevation, also typically marked by rapids or waterfalls
- 17. two or more rivers meet to become one larger river
- 20. land fully surrounded by water
- 21. low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it
- 22. the end of a river that empties into a larger body of water
- 24. narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
- 26. broad expanse of flat land
- 27. land reclaimed from the sea using sea walls and drainage; typically found in the Netherlands
- 29. hollow or depression on earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land
- 30. large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream