Across
- 5. point in orbit farthest from the Sun
- 6. narrow strip of land that joins two larger areas of land
- 7. piece of land surrounded by water
- 10. a group or chain of islands
- 12. an imaginary line about which a body rotates
- 13. an area of land, usually in very hot climates, that consists only of sand, gravel, or rock with little or no vegetation, no permanent bodies of water, and erratic rainfall
- 15. a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next
- 17. stream feeding larger body of water
- 18. a fertile ground in a desert where the level of underground water rises to or near ground level, and where plants grow and travelers can replenish water supplies
Down
- 1. the place where a stream or river enters a sea or lake
- 2. an are of land, usually fairly large, that is always wet and is overgrown with various shrubs and tress
- 3. a naturally occurring opening in the surface of the Earth through which molten, gaseous, and solid material is ejected
- 4. a narrow piece of land that juts out from the mainland into an area of water
- 8. a unit of latitude or longitude
- 9. an area of low barometric pressure that often brings rain
- 10. height above sea level
- 11. any of the seven large continuous land masses that constitute most of the dry land on the surface of the Earth
- 12. a book containing maps and vital statistics relating to geographic regions
- 14. an area of high ground with a fairly level surface
- 16. a part of a body of water near a coast in which ships can anchor safely