Across
- 2. one of the seven large landmasses on the earth
- 3. the shore of a sea or ocean
- 8. an area of low land between hills or mountains
- 12. any natural characteristic of Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water
- 13. a piece of land surrounded by water
- 15. an area of high, flat land
- 16. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern halves
Down
- 1. a group of connected mountains
- 4. a group of islands
- 5. a large area of flat land
- 6. land surrounded by water on three sides
- 7. an extremely dry area with little water and few plants
- 9. a coastal body of water where ships can anchor and be protected (sheltered) from stormy weather
- 10. a landform caused by the build up of sediment at the mouth of a river (when it flows into an ocean, lake, etc); often in a triangle shape
- 11. a large, flowing body of fresh water that usually empties into a sea or ocean
- 14. large body of salt water completely or partly surrounded by land