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