Landform Regions Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• meltwater: water resulting from the melting of glacier ice and/or snow
• shield: a large era f precambrian rock that forms the core of a continent
• lowlands: areas of low elevation containing plains and hills
• escarpment: steep cliff formed by erosion or faulting
• highlands: areas of high elevation containing mountains and plateaus
• topography: natural and human features of the landscape
• drainage: process whereby water is removed from an area by flowing out of depressions in the land such as lakes and rivers.
• plateaus: elevated flat area
• differential erosion: process whereby softer sedimentary rocks erode more quickly than harder rock, shaping the surface of the landscape
• landform: natural feature on earth's surface
• rift valley: valley created when the portion of land between two faults )cracks in the earth) drops down.
• impervious: quality of a substance that does not allow fluids or gases to pass through it