Across
- 2. Pole the northernmost point of the Earth's axis
- 4. the height of an object or point above sea level
- 8. the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth’s surface
- 10. The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
- 12. study of the Earth’s physical features
- 13. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent
- 15. a long narrow inlet of the sea between high steep cliffs formed by glacial action
- 16. a wide strait, as between a continent and an island
- 17. an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation
- 18. a book of maps or chart
- 20. a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land
Down
- 1. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
- 3. a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship
- 5. a division of time equal to 24 hours and representing the average length of the period during which the earth makes one rotation on its axis.
- 6. A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.
- 7. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
- 9. An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
- 11. a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- 14. A river delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir.
- 19. Pole the southern end of the earth’s axis, the southernmost point on earth