EARTH'S HYDROSPHERE

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Across
  1. 2. large inland bodies of fresh or saline water
  2. 3. boundary between the zone of aerotion and the zone of saturation
  3. 10. permanent body of ice
  4. 12. water moves downhill in a process called ________.
  5. 14. evaporation of water from the leaves and stem of plants
  6. 16. land area in which the water flow into particular stream
  7. 17. clouds are an example of this
  8. 19. ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it
  9. 20. mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50 000 km2
  10. 23. natural event wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged underwater
  11. 24. a soil, rock or sediment hat is frozen for more than two consecutive years
  12. 26. shallow wetland around lakes, streams and oceans where grasses and need are dominant vegetation
  13. 27. wetland with lush trees and vegetational found in low-lying areas beside low moving rivers
  14. 28. land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods
  15. 29. example of precipitation
Down
  1. 1. where the temperature is uniformly low
  2. 4. where the temperature of water decrease rapidly with depth
  3. 5. moving body of surface water
  4. 6. water that is found underground in the cracks and spaces in the soil, sands and rocks
  5. 7. the movement of water around Earth's surface and it's subsystems
  6. 8. part of earth's subsystem containing the oceans, lakes, streams, underground water and snow and ice
  7. 9. characterized by intense, high velocity torrent of water
  8. 11. the stage of water cycle when water changes from a liquid to a vapor
  9. 13. the total amount empty pore spaces in the rock
  10. 15. time average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir
  11. 18. the smaller stream
  12. 21. partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea
  13. 22. layer which consists of relatively warm
  14. 25. water on the earth's surface which moves into a lake or stream without absorbing into the soil
  15. 27. the saltiness of saltwater