Across
- 2. Receiving less than 250 mm or precipitation per year.
- 5. A major river of South Asia, that begins in glaciers in the Himalayas.
- 7. The average types of weather, including seasonal variations, experienced by a place over a long period of time.
- 8. value The value of something because of its beauty; aesthetic value relates to appreciation of something through our senses.
- 9. A porous deposit of rock that acts as a filter to store groundwater that is accessible through the drilling of wells.
Down
- 1. Something produced or left over in the process of making something.
- 2. The result of adding up all numbers in a set then dividing the total by the amount of numbers.
- 3. through Pakistan, India, Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. Mt Everest is located in the Himalayas.
- 4. An area characterised by sloping topography (landscape) that drains surface water into rivers, streams, lakes or oceans.
- 5. Fresh water rivers, lakes, dams and aquifers.
- 6. basin An underground basin that stores ground water within porous rock, similar to aquifers.