Physical Geography: Chapter 9

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Across
  1. 3. A body of water surrounded by land.
  2. 4. An extensive and cohesive mass of floating ice.
  3. 6. Lakes means that contain water only sporadically and are dry most of the time.
  4. 8. Permanently frozen subsoil.
  5. 10. The difference in elevation between high and low tide.
  6. 11. Process by which the dissolved mineral salts in water are removed.
  7. 14. Measure of the concentration of dissolved salts in water.
  8. 15. A chunk of floating ice that breaks off from an ice shelf or glacier.
Down
  1. 1. Flattish place submerged in water, with plant growth that is predominantly trees.
  2. 2. A large, flattish mass of ice that breaks off from larger ice bodies and floats independently.
  3. 5. The ability to transport groundwater.
  4. 7. Land areas where saturation with water is the overriding factor that influences soil development and plant and animal communities.
  5. 9. Where the surface subsides and the ground becomes oversaturated with water.
  6. 12. A massive portion of a continental ice sheet that projects out over the sea.
  7. 13. Water draining off the land and back into the sea in streams.