Chapter 13 APES Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. about 50% of the US's freshwater is lost like this
  2. 4. water containing a high concentration of industrial byproduct
  3. 5. a wet area of land vital to the absorption of ground water
  4. 7. pushing water through membrane filters to remove various impurities
  5. 9. water that is not consumed directly but is used to make products that people use
  6. 10. a way that people control floods and create reservoirs
  7. 12. making a river deeper, wider, straighter etc to control its flow
  8. 13. spaces in the earth's soil that are completely saturated by freshwater
  9. 17. process of separating a solution by boiling part of it off and collecting the steam by cooling it
  10. 18. the area around the river that controls floods by filling up
  11. 19. the paths through which people move fresh water for distribution
Down
  1. 1. when the land above an aquifer sinks
  2. 3. when dammed water collects into a standing body
  3. 6. removing salt from saltwater or brackish water to make it usable
  4. 8. water that contains very low levels of dissolved salt
  5. 10. a point at the end of the river where the deposition occurs
  6. 11. water that slides across the ground instead of being absorbed into it
  7. 14. giant aquifer that supplies about 1/3 of the US's water
  8. 15. underground caverns and porous soil through which groundwater flows
  9. 16. freshwater filtered and stored by the ground