Unit 4 Crossword Puzzle

a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of india
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
a region of the central pacific ocean that has the 3 large island groups of the pacific islands
industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish.
a desert in East Asia, mostly in Mongolia
a mountain range extending about 1500 miles along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest,
a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world
a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal
a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.
a vast plateau in S central Asia bounded by the Tarim and Qaidam basin deserts to the N and the Himalayan, Karakoram, and Pamir mountain ranges to the S and W
a river flowing from W China into the Gulf of Bohai
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia
a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea
a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan
a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei.
a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea.
a coral reef parallel to the coast of Queensland, in NE Australia. 1250 miles (2010 km) long.
a reef composed mainly of coral and other organic matter of which parts have solidified into limestone
Also called Australian Aborigine. a member of the people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia.
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand
the remote bush country of Australia
one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines
one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon
any separate tract of land belonging to a state
an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats
a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
a peninsula in Antarctica, S of South America
areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimeters and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10°C. Polar deserts on Earth cover nearly 5 million square kilometers and are mostly hard bedrock or gravel plains
the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km
a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar
based on the deposits of the Yellow River and is the largest alluvial plain of eastern Asia. The plain is bordered on the north by the Yanshan Mountains and on the west by the Taihang Mountains edge of the Shanxi
s a region in Southeast Asia
a Pacific island to the north of Australia the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea