Geography Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Low land that is seasonally flooded (5)
  2. 5. A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen (6)
  3. 6. A fertile tract in a desert (5)
  4. 8. The largest inland sea (13)
  5. 11. A land mass that is surrounded by water (6)
  6. 13. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (10)
  7. 14. A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall (6)
  8. 15. Dry land with very little rain (6)

Down

  1. 1. A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (6)
  2. 2. A relatively flat highland (7)
  3. 3. Extensive plain without trees (6)
  4. 4. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (8)
  5. 7. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration (11)
  6. 9. A ___ with heavy annual ___ (10)
  7. 10. A mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty (9)
  8. 12. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (5)