Across
- 1. raw _________ used to ________ ______
- 5. River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and joins the Euphrates River
- 7. the _______ hot ______ in the world, covering most of North ______
- 8. known as the largest peninsula in the world, it sits between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
- 9. a ________ in Earth’s ______
- 11. from the Greek, meaning ' land between ______ rivers
- 12. Very ___, having almost no ________
- 14. a _______ place with _______ in a dry _______
- 15. the area around the ______ and _________ river
Down
- 2. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 3. A _________ in Earth’s crust that runs ______ and _______, just south of the _______ Sea
- 4. The longest ______ in the world; flows through ______ and [parts of] ________ for 4,000 miles
- 6. the process of redirecting _____ to ______ through channels and __________
- 10. a ______-made underground ____ on the _______ Plateau, used for carrying water from the mountains
- 13. fine ________ of soil deposited along ____________
