Chapter 15 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. a coastal area where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from seas or oceans.
  2. 5. a glacier that spreads over land in all directions.
  3. 6. an area of land that drains runoff into a particular stream, lake, ocean, or other body of water.
  4. 8. the measure of the ability of water to flow through rock and sediment.
  5. 11. a large body of water that forms in a basin surrounded by land.
  6. 12. the upper limit of the underground region in which the cracks and pores within rocks and sediment are completely filled with water.
  7. 14. water that flows over Earth’s surface.
  8. 16. water that is stored in cracks and pores beneath Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. 2. a glacier that forms in the mountains.
  2. 3. ice that forms when sea water freezes.
  3. 4. water that has less than .2 percent salt dissolved in it.
  4. 7. body of water that flows within a channel.
  5. 9. a long column of ice taken from a glacier.
  6. 10. an area of permeable sediment or rock that holds significant amounts of water.
  7. 13. the measure of a rock’s ability to hold water.
  8. 15. an area of land that is saturated with water for part or all of the year.