Across
- 2. surrounded by land on all sides, with no direct access to a seacoast
- 6. a gradual transition from fertile to less productive land
- 9. illegal hunting or fishing
- 10. a region drained by a river system
- 11. a deep valley formed when Earth's crust separated, as in East Africa
- 12. a group of lions that live together
- 14. a tropical forest, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
Down
- 1. active at night rather than during the day
- 3. the practice of cutting down forests for crops or urban use
- 4. the natural environment of a living plant or animal
- 5. areas of high mountainous land
- 7. a steep slope or cliff
- 8. an area between two geographic regions that has characteristic of both.
- 13. a way of visiting natural areas that conserves the natural resources of the region
- 15. the land that is away from a seacoast