Challenge A 2nd Semester Geo Terms

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Across
  1. 2. a small cape, headland, or promontory; a tract of land extending into the sea
  2. 6. the bottom of a mountain
  3. 7. an extensive open plain or meadow; a plain destitute of trees
  4. 8. a fast-moving river current, caused by a moderate descent
  5. 10. the opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well, or den
  6. 11. the detailed description of a particular place, city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land
  7. 13. a tract of land overrun with heath; a marsh; a fen; ground covered with stagnant water
  8. 14. a pit or excavation in the earth from which metallic ores, mineral substances, and other fossil bodies are taken by digging
  9. 15. small fertile area in a desert, irrigated by natural springs or other source of fresh water
  10. 19. against the current
  11. 23. the cyclical rise and fall of sea water, resulting from the gravitational attractive force between the earth and the moon
  12. 24. a large, flat section of land higher than the surrounding area
  13. 25. any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon
  14. 28. a large body of water nearly enclosed by land
  15. 29. a fall or perpendicular descent of the water of a river or stream; a cascade
  16. 30. the coast or land adjacent to the sea, a large lake, or a river
  17. 31. a large, thick collection of trees; a forest
  18. 32. a small point of land running into the sea; a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea
Down
  1. 1. a steep fall or descent of land, perpendicular or nearly so
  2. 3. the altitudinal border above which trees do not grow
  3. 4. a body of stagnant water usually without an outlet, larger than a puddle and smaller than a lake
  4. 5. a narrow pass or passage, either in a mountain or in the ocean, between continents or other portions of land
  5. 6. a gap in a mountainous area suitable for passing through; a means of passage through a rugged area
  6. 9. a vortex or gulf where the water moves in a circle
  7. 12. ground covered with grass appropriated for the food of cattle
  8. 16. large area of flat land
  9. 17. the compound substance that furnishes nutriment to plants or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them
  10. 18. a hollow or low tract of land between hills or mountains
  11. 20. smaller streams or rivers flowing into a larger body of water
  12. 21. a long or continued range of hills or mountains; the upper part of such a range
  13. 22. an area that drains into a river; the divide that leads streams of water in two opposite directions
  14. 25. the upper stratum of the
  15. 26. spongy land; low ground filled with water; soft, wet ground
  16. 27. a moving swell or volume of water; usually, a swell raised and driven by wind