Across
- 2. shadow / a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind)
- 5. / permanently frozen soil
- 7. / a piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dikes (dams)
- 9. / Russian grasslands that are treeless and have plants and a climate similar to those of the Great Plains in the United States
- 12. / the sometimes swampy, coniferous forest of high northern latitudes in tundra and steppes of Siberia
Down
- 1. power / energy generated by water-driven turbines
- 3. / the coldest of all biomes which yields a treeless plain with limited plant growth
- 4. / a waterway that is clear enough for ships to travel through
- 6. / the reserved supply of something, such as oil or natural gas
- 7. / a body of land surrounded by water on three sides
- 8. / a type of rich, dust-like soil found in the North European Plain
- 10. / a river or stream that flows into a larger river
- 11. / another name for a grassland (not tundra or steppe) – flat, moderate temps and rainfall, few trees