Geography Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. one of the largest masses of land that are divisions of the globe
  2. 4. a large piece of ice spreading and slowly moving
  3. 6. measures the amount of water vapor or moisture in the air
  4. 8. a fertile area of land in an otherwise arid environment
  5. 11. hot and dry land with an absence of vegetation. typically receives less than 10 inches of annual rainfall
  6. 12. a land predominantly in grass
  7. 13. the deposit at the mouth of a river
  8. 15. a vent in Earth's (or another planet's) crust from which molten or hot rock erupts
Down
  1. 1. the study of the earth's distribution, physical and geographical features of the surface
  2. 3. a piece of land surrounded and separated by water
  3. 5. mapmaker
  4. 7. angular distance going south or north from the equator to determine the location of a place precisely
  5. 9. a line of longitude paralleling the prime meridian
  6. 10. a narrow passageway of water that connects two bodies of water
  7. 12. a piece of land that juts out into a body of water but is still connected to the mainland
  8. 14. angular distance going east or west from the prime meridian to pinpoint a location