Bodies of Water
Across
- 3. A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water. / A long, wide ocean inlet.
- 4. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
- 5. A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.
- 11. A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
- 12. A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
- 13. A tract of water within an ocean. / A relatively large body of salt water completely or partially enclosed by land.
- 15. A pool of water remaining after a tide has retreated.
- 19. A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.
- 21. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean; involving heavy rains.
- 23. Flat, alluvial land at a river mouth where it splits into many streams called distributaries.
- 24. A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
- 25. A large inland body of fresh water or salt water of natural origin.
- 28. A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.
- 29. A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea
- 30. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.
- 33. A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth. / A "start" of a stream of water.
- 34. A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.
Down
- 1. The bed of a stream or river. / The deeper part of a river or harbor, especially a deep navigable passage. / A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.
- 2. synonym to "creek"; a small stream
- 4. A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes, especially one shaped by glacial action.
- 6. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
- 7. water Turbulent water in a river, esp as an area for navigating in a canoe as a sport
- 8. An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river.
- 9. An area of swampy or marshy land, esp considered as part of an ecological system (ecosystem)
- 10. A cascade of falling water where there is a vertical or almost vertical step in a river
- 14. A small pool of water, especially rainwater.
- 16. A still body of water smaller than a lake created artifically for e.g. breeding fish.
- 17. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- 18. Containing or characterized by a high amount of water or water vapor:
- 20. A natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
- 22. A sluggish stream that meanders through lowlands, marshes, or plantation grounds.
- 26. A stream or bay leading inland, as from the ocean; an estuary.
- 27. synonym to "swamp" - An area of low-lying land that is usually saturated with water and is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plants.
- 31. The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
- 32. A barrier built to hold back water and raise its level; block up; obstruct (the name of the construction)