Geography Crossward

2. a drawing of all or part of the earth
4. a sheltered area of water where ships can anchor their boats.
5. the divisions of the year – spring, summer, winter, fall – determined by the position of the earth relation to the sun
7. a group of islands
10. Hemisphere The half of the earth that contains Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia and their waters.
12. part of an ocean extending into land and usually larger than a bay
13. a point of land extending into a body of water
14. Circle an imaginary line of latitude 66 degrees, 30 minutes north of the equator
16. a triangular deposit of sand and soil that collects at the mouth of some rivers
18. the start of a river or stream
19. a body of water, partly enclosed by land, but has a wide outlet to the sea.

1. Hemisphere the hemisphere with the maximum water area.
3. latitude running east and west around the earth parallel to the equator.
6. land surrounded by water on all sides but one
8. any one of the earth’s seven large land masses
9. a dry barren region that may be sandy without trees
11. a broad and flat or gently rolling area, usually low in elevation
15. a waterway dug across land where ships can pass through
16. the approximate time for one rotation of the earth – 24 hours
17. the diameter upon which the earth rotates OR an imaginary line running through the center of the earth.