The Natural World

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Topography that is full of holes and hidden caves (5)
• A glacial valley that invited the sea inside (5)
• A sudden, violent tantrum from the sky (6)
• A triangular gift from a river to the coast (5)
• The underground anchor that drinks for the tree (4)
• A marriage of fungus and algae living on a stone (6)
• A forceful blow that lacks a fist (4)
• The thickest layer of the planet, hidden beneath our feet (6)
• A forested wetland where the trees have wet feet (5)
• Atmospheric chaos involving wind, water, and noise (5)
• A vast, treeless plain where the ground stays frozen in its heart (6)
• A flat-topped table that cannot be set for dinner (4)
• The moon's rhythmic pull on the world's liquid hem (4)
• The colorful billboard of a flower (5)

Down

• A submerged ridge that is alive (4)
• A shallow pool separated from the sea by a sandy barrier (6)
• The collective green residents of a specific region (5)
• Morning's tears on a blade of grass (3)
• A grassy plain where trees are loners (7)
• To eat greedily, or a narrow valley between cliffs (5)
• A steep cliff that might be faking its height (5)
• Earth that remembers the shape of your hands (4)
• A terrestrial fountain with a short fuse (6)
• A dark cloud that never travels without rain (6)
• A stone ghost of a prehistoric inhabitant (6)
• A single-celled traveler that builds a fungal empire (5)
• The velvet of the forest floor that lacks roots (4)
• A hill of sand that walks with the wind (4)

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