Unit 4 Crossword

A large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
Earth's highest mountain.
A trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.
A triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets.
A major south-flowing river in South Asia.
A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia.
The Himalayan range has the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.
A vast elevated plateau in Central Asia and East Asia, covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western China.
A large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia.
The area surrounding the lower Yellow River and its Tributaries.
The second-longest river in Asia.
A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur.
The longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.
A pilgrimage site for centuries, it’s considered one of Japan’s 3 sacred mountains.
A peninsula in East Asia that is surrounded by the Sea of Japan.
Along high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
A place where fish are reared for commercial purposes.
The continental portion of Southeast Asia lying east of India and south of China.
The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southernmost point of the Asian mainland.
A group of islands.
Is the world's second-largest island.
A giant, rugged island in Southeast Asia’s Malay Archipelago.
Is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia.
The largest living thing on Earth, and even visible from outer space.
A ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
A person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times.
A member of the aboriginal people of New Zealand.
The remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia.
A country spread across the western Pacific Ocean comprising more than 600 islands.
One of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
A subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
A ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral.
An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
A floating sheet of ice permanently attached to a landmass.
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.
The largest peninsula of Antarctica, between the Weddell Sea and the Pacific.
Areas with annual precipitation less than 250 mm and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10° C.
A layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.