Across
- 4. a huge group of Pacific islands that stretches from New Guinea to Fiji
- 6. world's 2nd largest island; located Southeast Asia
- 7. world's 3rd largest island;located in Southeast Asia
- 8. a ring-shaped coral island that surrounds a lagoon
- 9. (Yellow River) a major river in China
- 12. Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
- 13. A mountain system of south-central Asia extending about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. The Himalayas include nine of the world's ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest
- 15. the original inhabitants of New Zealand
- 17. a destructive and fast-moving wave
- 18. the largest group of islands in the Pacific Ocean
- 20. an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
- 22. a large peninsula in Antarctica
- 23. a high-latitude region that recieves little precipitation
- 24. a large group of islands
- 25. a country in central Europe
- 27. right of southeast Mongolia and northern China. It consists mainly of a series of shallow alkaline basins.
- 28. vast upland region of central Asia north of the Himalaya Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert
- 33. a major river in Southeast Asia
- 34. a peninsula on the east coast of Asia
- 36. a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
- 37. a chain of rocky material found in shallow tropical waters
Down
- 1. a ledge of ice that extends over the water
- 2. a layer of Earth's atmosphere that protects living things from the harmful effects of the sun's ultraviolet rays
- 3. a volcano; Japans highest peak
- 5. the original inhabitants of Australia
- 10. a plains region northeastern lf China
- 11. a large peninsula in Southeast Asia
- 14. a large of Pacific islands located east of the Philippines
- 16. a huge coral reef off the northeastern coast of Australia
- 19. fertile, yellowish soil
- 21. a floating mass of ice that has broken off a glacier
- 26. a narrow peninsula in Southeast Asia
- 29. an area that is under rule of another government
- 30. seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air to an area
- 31. a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
- 32. the dry interior region of Australia
- 33. mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
- 35. a place where fish and other seafood can be caught