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Crossword Puzzel Geography Crossword — myvocabulary.com

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  • 1 – half of the terrestrial globe; the northern or southern half of the earth

  • 3 – material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; material deposited by water, wind or glaciers

  • 6 – relating to a deposit of fine soil formed from the decomposition of rock

  • 9 – a lasting frozen layer at variable depth below the earth’s surface in frigid regions

  • 16 – a stream feeding a larger stream or lake

  • 17 – large body of ice moving slowly downward or spreading outward

  • 19 – a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected by an isthmus with the mainland

  • 21 – ground; the physical or surface features of a tract of land

  • 23 – lying or formed at the base of mountains

  • 24 – to follow a winding, indirect or intricate course; to wander aimlessly

  • 25 – located in or used in either of two parallels of the earth’s latitude (23 and _ degrees north of the equator or 23 and _ degrees south)

  • 26 – a place where something is kept in store, especially an artificial lake where water is kept in quantity




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  • 2 – having pores or openings that allow liquids or gases to pass through

  • 4 – pertaining to the North or South Pole regions; diametrically opposite

  • 5 – the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North & South Poles

  • 7 – the angular distance north or south from the earth’s equator measured in degrees

  • 8 – the act or process of altering from an undesirable or uncultivated state; the obtaining from a waste product

  • 10 – an imaginary great circle on the earth’s surface passing through the north and south poles

  • 11 – a rubbing or wearing away; a place where the surface has been scraped off

  • 12 – a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

  • 13 – detailed graphic delineation, mapping or charting of the surface configuration of an area

  • 14 – an expanse of water with many scattered islands; a group of islands

  • 15 – the act of treating, furnishing or changing with something where no more can be absorbed, dissolved or retained

  • 18 – the art or work of making maps or charts

  • 20 – state of being worn away in degrees by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice

  • 22 – one of the main landmasses of the globe