Earth Science
Across
- 4. Occurs when heavy rainfall creates a flood event independent of an overflowing stream.
- 6. Small and shallow lakes.
- 9. Plays an important role in reducing flood intensity.
- 10. A soil, rock, or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years is ________.
- 11. Large inland bodies of fresh or saline water.
- 14. Average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir.
- 15. Ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it.
- 16. Stream with a considerable volume and a well-defined channel.
- 17. This is where water was stored.
- 20. This include the streams, lakes, and wetlands where water from rainfall, melting snow and ice, and groundwater flows.
- 22. Vast body of saline water.
- 26. Wetland with lush trees and vegetation found in low-lying areas beside slow-moving rivers.
- 27. The shape of the water table resembles the _______.
- 28. Moving body of surface water that flows down slope toward sea level because of gravity.
- 31. aquifer.
- 33. Partly enclosed costal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea.
- 34. Characterized by intense, high velocity torrent of water that occurs in an existing river channel with little to no notice.
- 35. Shallow wetland around lakes, streams, and oceans where grasses and reeds are the dominant vegetation.
- 37. Mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 km2.
- 39. Second layer of ocean where the temperature of water decreases rapidly with depth.
- 40. Clearly-defined passageway where particles and dissolved substances are transported.
Down
- 1. Humans depend on it for drinking, agriculture, and industrial use.
- 2. This is created when groundwater emerges to the ground surface.
- 3. Saltiness of saltwater.
- 5. This is the narrow, elongated land form separating individual streams within a basin.
- 7. During wet season, the water table is found at _____ depths.
- 8. Moves and changes form, but is neither created nor destroyed.
- 12. Water-bearing rock layers.
- 13. This process adds water, causing dilution.
- 15. These materials do not necessarily have high permeability.
- 18. The smaller streams are called _____.
- 19. Water could rise in this well without pumping if the well is located at an elevation which below the recharge zone of the
- 21. Barriers constructed along streams to contain the flow of water.
- 23. Permanent body of ice.
- 24. Land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods is referred to as _____.
- 25. Total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock.
- 29. Can slow down the overland flow, giving it enough time for water to infiltrate the ground.
- 30. Natural event wherein an area that usually dry is submerged under water.
- 32. This process removes water, making the remaining solution saltier.
- 36. After a short distance, the water enters the channels and becomes ______.
- 38. When a well is ______ in the ground, the first layer encountered is the moist soil layer on the surface.