Geography terms
Across
- 3. An inland grassland area
- 6. Vast treeless plains with permafrost and small, low plants
- 8. Area of barren land with roughly eroded ridges and peaks
- 10. Deeper part of a river or harbor
- 12. Triangular section of land built up at a river’s mouth
- 13. A river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream
- 14. Large chunks of ice that break off of glaciers
- 16. Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
- 18. Ring-shaped island formed by coral buildup on the rim of an underwater volcano
- 19. Long wide body of water connecting larger bodies of water, larger than a channel
- 21. Large body of ice that moves across the Earth’s surface
- 23. Hill that rises abruptly from surrounding area with sloping sides and a flat
- 24. Flat-topped elevated landforms
Down
- 1. Point of land projecting into a body of water
- 2. Lowland between mountain ranges or hills often having a river or stream running along the bottom
- 4. Narrow piece of land that connects two large landmasses and separates two bodies of water
- 5. An area of low-lying, wet land
- 7. Long steep-sided, glacial valley now filled by seawater
- 9. A group of closely scattered islands
- 11. Deep, narrow valley with high, steep walls
- 15. Body of salt water surrounded almost entirely by land
- 16. Flat landmass higher than the surrounding land with at least one steep side
- 17. A narrow waterway or channel connecting two larger bodies of water
- 20. In deserts and on beaches, windblown sands that have formed hills
- 22. An artificial waterway used for irrigation or travel