World Rivers
Across
- 4. Cut off from the seacoast, surrounded by land.
- 6. what happens when a river overflows its banks.
- 8. Ongoing movement of water such as in a river.
- 10. Place on a river where the water moves swiftly and violently.
- 11. A structure that blocks a flowing river and allows water to fill in behind it.
- 12. The area drained by a main river and other connected rivers.
- 14. An area where a large number of fruit trees have been planted.
- 17. A society or group of people with similar religious beliefs, customs, language and form of government.
- 19. The half of the earth located north of the equator.
- 21. Having a lot of moisture in the air.
- 22. to move to a different place.
- 23. A Channel dug by people. It is used by boats or for irrigation.
Down
- 1. Item made in large numbers for sale or trade.
- 2. To move. (Water "moves" downstream in a river)
- 3. a connection system such as roads or waterways.
- 5. Land set aside for cows, horses or other animals to feed off the natural grasses.
- 7. Land created by silt deposits at the mouth of a river.
- 9. Type of flesh-eating fish of South America that lives in fresh water.
- 13. One of the four major oceans located in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the smallest and shallowest.
- 15. A lake created by people for the purpose of storing water.
- 16. A body of moving or flowing water that follows a set path.
- 18. Watering of crops by moving water from a well a river, or a lake to a place where it does not rain enough to grow crops.
- 20. The land at the edge of a river.
- 22. The place where a river empties into a sea or other large body of water.