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Across 2. a number of things or events arranged in order and connected by being alike in some way 6. one’s share of a whole 7. wide grassy plain of Eurasia: also, similar semiarid climate regions elsewhere 9. River in western Russia that flows south to the Caspian Sea (2 Words) 11. 66.5° North latitude (2 Words) 12. Soil that is permanently frozen beneath the surface 16. vast, treeless plains in cold climates, characterized by permafrost and small, low plants, such as mosses and shrubs 17. Mountain range in Russia that marks the traditional boundary between European Russian and Asian Russia (2 Words) 18. Plain that sweeps across western and central Europe intro Russia and includes most of European Russia (3 Words) 19. the effect of extreme variations in temperature and very little precipitation within the interior portions of a landmass

Down 1. made up of sharply demarcated surfaces of varying altitudes occupying most of Siberia between the Yenisei and Lena rivers (3 Words) 3. to join or connect 4. to make possible, practical or easy 5. Area of flat land that stretches from the Arctic Ocean to the grasslands of Central Asia (3 Words) 8. Mountain Range in Southwestern Russia (2 Words) 10. an area in the region of north-central Asia, primarily in Russia 13. rich black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine 14. Russian term for the vast subarctic forest, mostly evergreens, that covers much of Russia and Siberia 15. a character assigned or taken