Southwest Nationalparks

2. A national park featuring a gorge of the Colorado River
4. A national park located in New Mexico featuring caverns known for its calcite formations and large limestone chamber
7. A large area of flat land with few trees
12. A national park in Utah featuring more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches
14. A national monument known as “one of the emptiest spaces in a state famous for its emptiness’
15. A deep, narrow valley with steep sides
17. A large natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level
18. The activity of going for long walks, especially in the country or woods
20. A national park featuring sands dunes composed of white gypsum crystals
21. An elongate depression of the earth’s surface usually between ranges, hills, or mountains
22. A salt encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water
23. A large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it
25. A large natural stream of flowing water
26. A narrow valley between hills or mountains

1. A land or climate having little or no rain
2. A national park located in Colorado featuring massive sand dunes
3. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
5. A national park located in Utah located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert
6. The activity of spending a vacation living in a camp, tent, or camping
8. A national park in Nevada featuring a large basin
9. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation
10. A national monument in California that partially surrounds the Mojave National Preserve
11. A region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes
13. A geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock
14. A national park in Texas featuring a large bend in the Rio Grande
16. A nation park named for its large deposits of petrified wood
17. A national park located in Colorado which name comes from Spanish for ‘green table”
19. A national park is known for its deadly desert valley
24. An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides