Across
- 3. Receiving less than 250 mm or precipitation per year.
- 4. An area characterised by sloping topography (landscape) that drains surface water into rivers, streams, lakes or oceans.
- 5. The value of something because of its beauty; aesthetic value relates to appreciation of something through our senses.
- 6. Refers to any process that removes excess salt and minerals from salty water in order to obtain potable (drinkable) fresh water.
- 8. Rainfall caused by warm moist air being uplifted due to heat, water vapour then condenses and falls as rain.
- 9. Is the process where water changes from a gaseous state to a liquid state.
- 11. A human-made device to produce a well from an artesian basin/aquifer.
- 12. A process whereby land becomes increasingly arid as a result of the diminishing of water bodies and vegetation.
- 13. Is the area where land meets the sea or ocean.
- 14. An underground basin that stores ground water within porous rock, similar to aquifers.
- 17. Something produced or left over in the process of making something.
Down
- 1. Small amounts of water are allowed to drip from pipes and are positioned, along, above or beneath rows of crops.
- 2. Areas inland with consistent climates that are influenced by a lack of proximity to large bodies of water.
- 3. The result of adding up all numbers in a set then dividing the total by the amount of numbers.
- 7. A major river of South Asia, that begins in glaciers in the Himalayas.
- 8. Culture relates to how a society or people express their key beliefs and values in music, art, their thinking and behaviours. Cultural value relates to the importance of cultural activities.
- 10. A climate zone that receives less than an average 250 mm rainfall a year. Evaporation is very high in hot deserts.
- 13. The average types of weather, including seasonal variations, experienced by a place over a long period of time.
- 15. Fresh water rivers, lakes, dams and aquifers.
- 16. A porous deposit of rock that acts as a filter to store groundwater that is accessible through the drilling of wells.