Clues to Geography Crossword:

ACROSS:

• 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