Across
- 1. the study of the distribution and movement of water both on and below the Earth's surface, as well as the impact of human activity on water availability and conditions.
- 3. the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.
- 5. a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter (theme) in a geographic area.
- 10. coupled human and natural system
- 11. the state whereby the human population rises to an extent exceeding the carrying capacity of the ecological setting
- 13. the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.
- 14. kind of landscape that is designed and created intentionally by man
- 15. they depend on the natural environment for their basic needs such as air, water and food
Down
- 2. the process by which vegetation in drylands i.e. arid and semi-arid lands, such as grasslands or shrublands, decreases and eventually disappears.
- 4. type of landscape that is made up of a collection of landforms, such as mountains, hills, plains, and plateaus. Lakes, streams, soils (such as sand or clay), and natural vegetation
- 6. a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land
- 7. all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
- 8. the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
- 9. a kind of map which is a person's perception of a place
- 12. a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network