Across
- 1. The Yellow River flows in ______.
- 5. There is another Nile River called the ____ Nile.
- 6. _____ soil is found near active rivers and flood plains.
- 8. The River than flows through China is also known in China by its Chinese name ____ __.
- 9. The "cradle of civilization" is a way of referring to ancient ________.
- 11. A _______ is a water course that flows into another river or lake.
- 14. The _____ ______ is another phrase to describe the region created by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia.
Down
- 2. This is a process of bringing water from rivers to farmland to grow crops.
- 3. The ____ River second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km
- 4. The ____ River is the longest in Western Asia, at about 2,780 km, and the 15th longest river in the world.
- 7. A practice in which farmers build narrow strips of land on a slope so that people can plant crops at graduated slopes up the sides of mountains.
- 10. The ____ River is 3,180 km long and crosses two political boundaries as well as the Himalayan mountains.
- 12. One of the possible problems of living near a river is that there might be _____ during at least part of the year.
- 13. This is a commercial use of rivers by which people transport themselves to other towns to sell or buy goods.
- 15. The ____ River is the second largest river in Western Asia and Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria.
- 16. The ____ River is a north-flowing river in northeastern Africa and flows into the Mediterranean Sea.