Deserts

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns (plural) (5)
  2. 4. A large-scale farming enterprise (11)
  3. 6. Sudden bright burst of light (5)
  4. 7. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (plural) (6)
  5. 8. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (8)
  6. 9. A region subject to ___ storms (8)
  7. 11. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  8. 13. Tiny grains found on beaches (4)

Down

  1. 1. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  2. 3. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  3. 5. How hot or cold something is (11)
  4. 10. A fertile tract in a desert (5)
  5. 11. Moving air (4)
  6. 12. To lose thickness (4)