Across
- 3. elevated landmass which extends into a body of water like a peninsula, however they are typically smaller than peninsulas.
- 5. place on the shore designed for ships and seafaring vessels to safely dock.
- 7. The area between two mountain ranges.
- 8. incredibly large landmass
- 10. A large and slow moving mass of ice
- 12. isolated landmass smaller than a continent
- 16. fertile body of water in a desert
- 18. The study of Earth, it’s features, and how humans and our nations are affected by these features.
- 19. The percentage of the air which is water vapor.
- 20. The ___ Meridian, a specific line of longitude which is arbitrarily used as 0.
- 21. The middlemost line of latitude, which is equidistant from both poles.
- 22. parallel lines on a globe going east and west
- 23. A large circle encircling the Earth and passing through the poles, drawn by two lines of longitude.
- 24. strip of land jutting out from a landmass
Down
- 1. large and flat area of grassland
- 2. triangle shaped landform located near where a river meets the ocean, created by the sediment deposits left by the river upon entering slower water.
- 4. long, deep gorge in the Earth typically formed by the erosion of a flowing river.
- 6. Someone whose job is to make maps
- 9. type of mountain created by a fissure in the crust, which allows lava to flow onto the surface, cool, and build up
- 11. lines on a globe going north and south that meet at the poles
- 13. large area of land where liquid water is rare or nonexistent.
- 14. A ___ zone, an area with it’s own uniform standard time
- 15. lines parallel to the equator that go around the earth
- 17. narrow passage connecting two bodies of water.