Freshwater Vocab
Across
- 2. Body of rock that stores and allows the flow of groundwater
- 4. Materials carried by a stream
- 6. The ability of one substance to dissolve in another at a given temperature or pressure
- 8. Flow of water above ground that forms when the water table rises to the ground surface
- 11. An area of land that is drained by a water system
- 13. The change of state from liquid to gas
- 14. table The place where the zone of aeration and zone of saturation meet
- 15. The change of state from gas to liquid
- 16. Area along a river that forms from sediment deposited when the river overflows
- 19. The path that a river follows
- 20. Change in elevation over a certain distance
Down
- 1. A stream that flows into lake or larger stream
- 3. Process when water seeps into soil
- 5. water All the bodies of water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground
- 7. Process when plants release water vapor into the air
- 9. Artificial body of water behind a dam
- 10. The bed or channel where a river flows
- 12. The percentage of open space between rocks
- 17. Amount of water that a stream or river can carry in a certain amount of time
- 18. A hole dug beneath the water table that fills up with groundwater