Geography Terms

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Across
  1. 1. area of dense forest and tangled vegetation
  2. 3. is a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
  3. 5. is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
  4. 6. is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land.
  5. 7. A low area of land between hills or mountains
  6. 8. What is the geographic location relative to the Prime Meridian?
  7. 13. The meridian at 0 degrees longitude, goes through Greenwich, England
  8. 16. What is the geographic location relative to the equator?
  9. 17. is the height of an area, measured from sea level.
Down
  1. 2. large, open areas covered with grass
  2. 4. is a deep valley with very steep sides often carved from the Earth by a river
  3. 9. is a part of the ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger than a bay).
  4. 10. Cold, windy areas of little rain, with no trees
  5. 11. is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
  6. 12. is any area that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation
  7. 14. is an imaginary circle around the earth, halfway between the north and south poles.
  8. 15. is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent.