Across
- 5. An arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Saudi Arabia.
- 6. A nearly flat plain of sand, soil and pebble deposits from water flow, between diverging branches as they fork at the mouth of a river, often in a triangular shape.
- 7. The rapid loss of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semiarid regions.
- 10. An agricultural region watered by the Nile, Jordan, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- 11. A person who moves to another country, usually seeking permanent residence.
Down
- 1. The Arabic name for the NW part of Africa, generally including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya.
- 2. Being without moisture; extremely dry; parched.
- 3. A fertile area in a warm, desert-like environment.
- 4. A person with no permanent home, who moves about from place to place.
- 5. A liquid that is used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, kerosene, etc.
- 8. Human means for adding water to land for growing crops.
- 9. Human made waterway for navigation and other uses such as irrigation.