Earth's Freshwater - Review
Across
- 4. water with less than 0.2 percent salt dissolved in it
- 5. measure of water’s ability to flow through rock and sediment
- 8. large area of frozen water that forms in mountain valleys
- 9. area of land that drains into a particular body of water
- 12. a long column of ice taken from glaciers
- 14. body of water that flows within a channel
- 15. the very upper layer of ground that is saturated with water
Down
- 1. water that flows over Earth’s surface
- 2. forms when seawater freezes
- 3. area of land that is saturated with water for part or all of the year
- 5. measure of a rock’s ability to hold water
- 6. large body of water that forms in a basin, surrounded by land
- 7. water that lies below the ground
- 10. a large area of water underground, typically where wells are drilled
- 11. glacier that spreads out over land
- 13. coastal area where freshwater mixes with saltwater