Across
- 3. another name for city
- 6. another name for countryside
- 7. permanently frozen layer of the Earth's surface
- 9. the highest point in North America @ 20,320 feet (Alaska, USA)
- 11. natural hot spring that sometimes erupts with water or steam
- 15. mountain range in the western part of North America
- 16. animals and plants spreading over a large area with a similar climate
- 18. rocky plateau with lots of lakes
- 20. this river drains all or parts of 31 US states
- 21. cold, treeless region in the Arctic and Antarctic
- 22. Breadbasket of North America
- 25. one of the seven largest land masses on Earth
Down
- 1. soil that is good for growing crops
- 2. small, low island on a coral reef; also known as a key
- 4. the largest wetland system in the US
- 5. the third largest continent
- 8. land area channeling rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, rivers and eventually bays and oceans
- 10. Copper Canyon is located in this country
- 12. height above sea level
- 13. the number of people living in a specific area
- 14. the number of people per square mile is known as Population ____
- 17. an area of land that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year
- 19. narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
- 23. political division in Canada; similar to the USA's states
- 24. a deep gorge, typically with a river flowing through it
