Cori

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. North American republic containing 50 ___ - 48 conterminous ___ in North America plus Alaska (12)
  2. 7. The highest level or degree attainable (4)
  3. 9. Continent with the Sahara desert (6)
  4. 11. A large mass of ice floating at sea (7)
  5. 13. The enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona (11)
  6. 14. Huge body of salt water (5)
  7. 16. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (5)

Down

  1. 1. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  2. 2. A ___ in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (12)
  3. 3. Green plant covering lawns (5)
  4. 4. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  5. 6. Sunny state on the west coast of the USA (10)
  6. 8. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  7. 10. A state in northwestern North America (6)
  8. 12. Continent that includes France and Italy (6)
  9. 15. A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of (plural) (5)