U.S.A. Geography by Veronica Stepanova (242)

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Across
  1. 2. The only U.S. state split into two continental land units: the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula.
  2. 4. The U.S. state that is the single most populous in the country but is an exception to the rule of low population west of the 98th Meridian.
  3. 5. The mountain range that acts as a colossal wall, blocking moisture from the Pacific and creating a rain shadow across the Great Plains (omit the word mountains).
  4. 6. The mountain range that runs along the eastern United States from Alabama to Maine.
  5. 10. The U.S. state that is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes".
Down
  1. 1. The Alaskan mountain peak that is the highest in the United States.
  2. 3. The major river that provides fresh water for about 40 million people in the American West but is drying up and no longer reaches its natural delta.
  3. 7. The geologist and second director of the USGS who first identified the line dividing the humid East from the arid West in 1878 (only his surname).
  4. 8. The largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world, of which the U.S. possesses only about 45 percent (the rest belongs to Canada).
  5. 9. The type of crop preferred west of the 98th/100th Meridian due to water scarcity, as opposed to "thirsty" corn.