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Geography Challenge Crossword #1

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Geography Challenge Crossword #1

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Geography Challenge Crossword #1

14 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 5. Distance north or south of the equator
  2. 6. Mountain that erupts with lava
  3. 8. Long narrow hilltop
  4. 9. Soggy forested wetland
  5. 14. Tool whose needle points north
  6. 15. Grassland with scattered trees, home of lions
  7. 16. Fan of land where a river meets the sea
  8. 17. Line dividing two countries
  9. 18. Small curved inlet of water

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  1. 1. Round model of Earth
  2. 2. Sheltered water where ships dock
  3. 3. Narrow water channel between two land masses
  4. 4. Rounded bump smaller than a mountain
  5. 7. Green watering spot in the desert
  6. 10. Open field of grass and wildflowers
  7. 11. Map rule for real distance
  8. 12. Low land between two hills
  9. 13. Land surrounded by water

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Geography Challenge Crossword #1

14 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 5. Distance north or south of the equator — LATITUDE
  2. 6. Mountain that erupts with lava — VOLCANO
  3. 8. Long narrow hilltop — RIDGE
  4. 9. Soggy forested wetland — SWAMP
  5. 14. Tool whose needle points north — COMPASS
  6. 15. Grassland with scattered trees, home of lions — SAVANNA
  7. 16. Fan of land where a river meets the sea — DELTA
  8. 17. Line dividing two countries — BORDER
  9. 18. Small curved inlet of water — BAY

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  1. 1. Round model of Earth — GLOBE
  2. 2. Sheltered water where ships dock — HARBOR
  3. 3. Narrow water channel between two land masses — STRAIT
  4. 4. Rounded bump smaller than a mountain — HILL
  5. 7. Green watering spot in the desert — OASIS
  6. 10. Open field of grass and wildflowers — MEADOW
  7. 11. Map rule for real distance — SCALE
  8. 12. Low land between two hills — VALLEY
  9. 13. Land surrounded by water — ISLAND

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About This Free Printable Crossword

Map skills meet their match here. Eighteen geography answers cross a 14x15 hard grid, mixing famous landforms with tougher vocabulary: the green watering spot in the desert, the fan of land where a river meets the sea, and the distance north or south of the equator all appear. Students who can name every continent will still earn this one slowly, which makes it a natural fit for upper elementary and middle school enrichment, geography bees, and adults who love an atlas.

Drop it into a mapping unit as a review-day challenge, keep copies in your sub folder, or race through it as a family on a road trip past the very landforms it names. Choose Letter or A4, then use Print Puzzle for the blank grid with clues and Print Answer Key for the solved grid on its own page, safely in your files. Save as PDF in the print dialog keeps a digital copy handy. More geography crosswords, plus the rest of our printable collection, are mapped out and waiting when this one is finished.

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