Across
- 2. - The Arabic name for the NW part of Africa, generally including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya
- 3. - Being without moisture; extremely dry; parched
- 5. Gulf - An arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Saudi Arabia
- 6. - A person with no permanent home, who moves about from place to place
- 7. - A nearly flat plain of sand, soil and pebble deposits from water flow
- 8. - Human means for adding water to land for growing crops
- 9. Crescent - An agricultural region watered by the Nile, Jordan, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- 10. - a fertile area in a warm, desert-like environment
Down
- 1. - A person who moves to another country, usually seeking permanent residence
- 4. - Human made waterway for navigation and other uses such as irrigation
- 5. - An oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons
- 7. - The rapid loss of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semiarid regions