Across
- 5. mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close
- 6. land overgrown with dense, tangled vegetation
- 8. areas of the landscape that are dominated by trees
- 9. an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall
- 10. aquatic environments with high levels of dissolved salt
- 11. land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land
Down
- 1. habitat for water-dependent living species including animals, plants, and microbes
- 2. characterized by harsh environmental conditions. These include often long lasting snow cover, short growing seasons and topographically related disturbances such as avalanches, rockfall or landslides
- 3. barren areas of land characterized by extremely high or low temperatures, with low rainfall and scarce or no vegetation
- 4. a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen
- 7. open areas of land where grasses or glasslike plants are the dominant species