CHAPTER 4: WATER RESOURCES

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Across
  1. 3. large inland bodies of fresh or saline water
  2. 8. flooding when water overwhelms in low lying areas
  3. 10. a wetlands with lush trees and vegetation foind on low lying
  4. 13. the total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock
  5. 14. land areas where water covers the surface for significant period
  6. 16. is a partly enclosed coastal body of water
  7. 17. fresh water found in the rock and soil layers beneath the surface
  8. 18. timevthe average length of time
  9. 19. is a natural vent wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged under water
Down
  1. 1. the part of earth subsystem containing the oceans lakes streams snow and ice
  2. 2. a shallow wetland around lakes
  3. 4. the saltiness f saltwater is called
  4. 5. cycle water cycle
  5. 6. rain that falls intro the land surface penetrates the soil in a process called
  6. 7. is a permanent body of ice
  7. 9. a soil rock or sediments that is frozen for more that two consecutive years is called
  8. 11. and chlorine ions the major chemical elements present is seawater are
  9. 12. the change form vapor into liquid or solid, to occur
  10. 14. vapor evaporated water
  11. 15. moving body of surface water that flows downslope toward sea level