Across
- 2. Northern or of the Arctic
- 4. land being covered with thick moving ice
- 6. trees that shed their leaves annually
- 8. movement along a crack or cracks in the earth's crust
- 12. plants that grow naturally in an area
- 13. a flat area at a high elevation
- 14. lowland that is flooded in wet weather and is almost always wet
- 18. Mountains created by bending of rock layers
- 19. a place in which liquid collects
- 20. an area of soil of silt deposits built up at the mouth of a river
- 21. to wear down the surface of the earth
- 23. mountains created by breaks in the earth's crust
- 25. the prevailing conditions of temperature and precipitation
- 26. the type of rock that is formed by the erosion of other rocks after this loose material has hardened
Down
- 1. climate influenced by the closeness of a large body of water. The annual temperature range is small and precipitation is high
- 3. northernmost vegetation region found in areas too cold for trees to grow
- 5. somewhat salty
- 7. a climate that develops away from the influence of oceans. Temperature range is large and precipitation is low
- 9. climate that has warm summers and cool winters
- 10. the shape of the land
- 11. wet, spongy land
- 15. an area on the leeward slope of mountains with little precipitation
- 16. evergreens; trees or shrubs bearing cones
- 17. a level bog or swamp, found in Canada
- 22. a steep cliff formed by erosion or faulting
- 24. to do with the structure of the earth's crust