Physical Geography Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 5. piece of land that is completely surrounded by water
- 6. flat area rising about the surrounding land
- 7. large body of ice that slowly moves across land
- 10. to circle around
- 12. water that falls to the ground in many different forms
- 15. average weather of an area
- 16. narrow strip of land that connects two large land areas
- 17. when the sun is directly over the equator
- 18. collection or system of tall, rocky areas
Down
- 1. place where sediment is dropped at the mouth of a river
- 2. band of volcanoes in the pacific ocean
- 3. when the sun reaches its northernmost & southernmost point
- 4. large, flat expanse of land with few trees
- 8. 7 large masses of land on Earth
- 9. violent shaking caused by tectonic plate movement
- 11. giant ocean waved caused by volcanic eruptions
- 13. complete trip of the Earth around the sun
- 14. piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
- 18. large, natural stream of flowing water