to pole, around which the earth rotates.
36. A system of parallel, criss-cross lines, each line of which is
identified by numbers or letters, for example, on a map.
37. A narrow, deep valley with steep sides - many have a river on
their floor.
38. A -?- valley is a long, deep valley marking a major crack in
the earth's crust. There is a "Great" one in Africa. In oceans, they
tend to run along the crests of oceanic ridges.
40. The capital of Portugal is -?-.
42. Cape -?- is the southernmost part of South America.
43. Because the word -?- pertains to producing (or caused by)
heat, it is used in reference to clouds and nuclear reactions.
44. A large area with either level or rolling land - often treeless.
46. The capital of India is -?-. (two words)
49. The bed of a stream or river; the deeper part of a river or
harbor - especially a deep navigable passage.
50. Grassland; any of the open grazing areas of southern Africa.
(also:----t)
52. An island, especially a small one - used poetically, and in
place names
1. All of the people inhabiting a specified area.
3. The lowest layer of the atmosphere, about 6 to 12
miles thick, in which nearly all the weather and clouds
occur.
4. Most of the world's energy comes from -?- fuels.
5. A path, passage, road, channel, or way through;
something that gives access.
7. A great cloud of dust and gas in our galaxy, visible
either as a dark obscuring cloud or as a luminous
cloud.
8. Any region of low air pressure. If the air pressure
over tropical waters continues to fall, it becomes a
tropical storm or, lower still, a hurricane.
11. In the United States, the -?- Mountains are higher
than the Appalachian Mountains.
13. The -?- Desert is the world's largest desert at
3,500,000 square miles.
14. The -?- effect: A force produced on objects moving
on a north-south line on the Earth's surface because of
the angular velocity of Earth as it rotates from west to
east.
16. Referring to high mountain (mountain areas).
17. A starlike source of radio waves - their red shift
shows they are very far away, which seems
inconsistent with the strength of the radio waves that
reach us.
18. Precipitation consisting of generally transparent
frozen or partially frozen raindrops; a mixture of rain
and snow or hail.
21. A hill or ridge of sand that has been deposited or
piled up by the wind.
22. Because of the Coriolis effect, a projectile fired
directly southward from the North Pole would be
deviated to the -?-.
23. The -?- is the prairie grassland of central Argentina -
one of the best farming areas in the world.
25. Iquitos, Peru, marks the uppermost limits of
navigation on the -?- River.
27. The direction or side, for example, of a mountain
range, sheltered from the wind.
29. The -?- is a desert area between India and Pakistan.
30. Spain and Portugal occupy the -?- Peninsula.
31. Areas of soft, waterlogged ground; marshes;
swamps.