Unit 8 | South Asia | Vocab | Vol. I

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Across
  1. 3. the protection of the environment
  2. 7. the height of a physical feature above sea level
  3. 8. a long period with little or no precipitation
  4. 10. a seasonal wind that brings intense rainfall during part of the year
  5. 12. is the process of water turning into vapor and rising into the atmosphere due to the sun's heating
  6. 15. measures such as sewers to protect public health
Down
  1. 1. a community of living organisms and their natural environment, or habitat
  2. 2. a layer of rock beneath Earth that contains water
  3. 4. separate region of a continent
  4. 5. to crash together
  5. 6. an area where a river deposits sediment as it empties into a larger body of water
  6. 9. chemical or physical waste that creates an unclean or dirty environment
  7. 11. a long period of food shortage
  8. 13. a rigid section of Earth's crust that can move independently
  9. 14. fertile; suitable for farming