Across
- 6. Name of discoverer of air movement that explains the location of most deserts
- 7. Fertile spot in desert
- 10. Australian desert diamond mine
- 11. Loss of moisture through leaves etc
- 14. Layers which don't let water flow through
- 17. Uluru is one
- 18. Driest hot desert in the world
- 19. Less than 250mm of rain per year
- 22. Circular tents
- 23. The second driest continent
- 24. Most desert animals that get their moisture from their plant food
- 26. Name of northern tropical circle
Down
- 1. The wold's biggest desert
- 2. Desert plants with a very short life cycle
- 3. Higher land with a flat top
- 4. process by which material in deserts is built up to form strange shapes
- 5. Asia's biggest desert
- 8. Arabic for sand dunes
- 9. Making brackish water potable
- 12. Collective term for rain, snow etc.
- 13. Opposite to windward side of mountains
- 15. Nomads in Middle East or North Africa
- 16. Deep gullies in the desert
- 20. Home to the Bushman tribes
- 21. The biggest hot desert
- 25. Australia has smallest amount of water to enter rivers etc