Geography 2

3. a dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
4. any of the 88 groups of stars as seen from the earth and the solar system, many of which were named by the ancient Greeks after animals, objects, or mythological person
5. Stream a warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off eastern North America
8. an angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds Astrolabe a medieval instrument, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies
9. a device used to determine geographic direction, usually consisting of a magnetic needle or needles horizontally mounted or suspended and free to pivot until aligned with the earth's magnetic field

1. a mountain in S Asia on the border between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world
2. an inland sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa
4. an Italian navigator and explorer in the service of Spain, who discovered the New World (1492)
6. a circle that divides a sphere or other surface into congruent parts
7. a sea-level canal in NE Egypt
10. the largest of the continents